Article: Radio industry denies RAB chief 'favourite to run body'.(rejecting Douglas McArthur of Radio Advertising Bureau )(to manage the partial merger of Radio Advertising Bureau and Commercial Radio Companies Association )(Brief Article)

Radio industry insiders have dismissed suggestions that Douglas McArthur, chief executive of the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), is the favourite to run the new single radio industry trade body.

The new organisation, which was announced at the start of this week, will involve a partial merger of the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) and the RAB under one chief executive and an umbrella name. The working title is the Commercial Radio Company.

CRCA chief executive Paul Brown says the search will be a "proper competition". Neither Brown nor McArthur have ruled themselves out of the race.

Industry sources also link former RAB managing ...

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