John McCready was the founder of the
RTC record label in New Zealand. He was also the general manager of
CBS Records, New Zealand.
Background
Prior to mid-1974, McCready was working at
Phonogram
Phonogram may refer to:
* A sound recording – see Geneva Phonograms Convention
* ''Phonogram'' (comics), a comic book by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
* Phonogram (linguistics), a grapheme which represents a phoneme or a combination of phon ...
in New Zealand as the GM of their creative division. In the late 1970s, he formed his own record label, RTC. The label was the licensee for the catalogue of
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), ...
in New Zealand. This opened the door for him to work at CBS records.
He started with CBS Australia in March 1981. By January 1982, he was in charge of the Australian operation.
During the 1980s, McCready was GM of
Radio Hauraki
Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand rock music station that started in 1966. It was the first private commercial radio station of the modern broadcasting era in New Zealand and operated illegally until 1970 to break the monopoly held by the state- ...
. Later he moved into television.
[Audio Culture, 4 May 201]
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References
External links
John McCready's blog
moments like these (NZ Musician article about John McCready)
NZ On Screen - John McCready
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New Zealand record producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)