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Is there career life after radio?

Is it time to jump? Media UK hears from those that have left radio behind...

With over 700 jobs lost in the radio industry in the last few years, consolidation underway at Global, Orion and GMG, and 25% cuts planned at the BBC, life's hard in radio right now.

But is it easy to find a new job elsewhere, if the only thing you've known is radio?

As the industry continues to contract, we asked a few people who've left the industry how they found it.

Programming
Neale James
John Collins
Suzanne Tennant

Journalism
Beccy Hockmeyer

New media
Jon Ford
Paul Reeves

Technology
David Jones

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