David McCall (businessman)

David Slesser McCall (born 3 December 1934)[1] is a Scottish businessman and former broadcasting executive. He was Chief Executive of Anglia Television in Norwich throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s.

Career

From 1959-61 he did his National Service.

Anglia Television

He joined Anglia Television Limited in Norwich in 1968, becoming Chief Executive in 1976. From 1986-94 he was also Chief Executive of Anglia Television Group, and Chairman from 1994-98. He retired as Chairman of Anglia Television in May 2001.[2]

He became a Fellow of the Royal Television Society in 1988. He is a former President of the (CTBF).

Channel 4

In the early 1980s he helped to establish Channel 4.

Anglia House, home of Anglia TV

Personal life

In the 1988 New Year Honours, he was appointed a CBE. He married Lois Elder in 1968. He lives in Redenhall in South Norfolk, on the Suffolk boundary (River Waveney), off the A143.

References
  1. Companies House
  2. Retirement
Media offices
Preceded by
 President of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund
1998 - 2001		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chairman of Anglia Television Ltd
1994 - May 2001		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chief Executive of Anglia Television Ltd
1976 - 1994		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chairman of Oxford Scientific Films
1982 - 1989		 Succeeded by
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