Hello - I'm Bern, "programme manager" at Core - Fresh Hits for the UK and Chill (the station that has no slogan but... is here to help you chill!). I'm the person in charge of finding new tunes to play and people to say entertaining things between the tunes. I also pick tunes to play on the "One Network" of radio stations that includes BRMB, Power FM, GWR FM and about 30 others. I also set up and ran The Storm, a rock station which lived fast and died young in a handover to XFM we'll always remember for the passion and our listeners' brilliant, sick creative minds!
It's a fun job, and I love working with some very cool people - Sophie Bruce, Nicola Bonn, Philippa Collins, Nick Ludlow, Val Mellon, Tim Rouse, Steve Park, Ben Moss, Ben Glover and Kevin Hughes on air, producers Toby, "Small" Paul, and "Cocky" Brian, promotions guru Heidi, fellow music brains Caroline and Mark, and my boss Kevin who is very big and important.
My wife Helen is from Sydney and we're both part of Pip'n'Jay Church in Bristol. It's an exciting year for us as we're part of a lot of spirit-directed changes, new work with the Pulse community of young people and workers around the city. I've also been developing the Mission To Work project consisting of an orientation course and ongoing support for Christians who work in the city.
