Last updated November 2008
Category: Scotland
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Jeff Zycinski is Head of Radio for 91Èȱ¬ Scotland. He was appointed to this post in January 2005.
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Jeff commissions and schedules programmes for 91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland and is responsible for the production teams working for 91Èȱ¬ Network Radio based in Scotland.
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His portfolio now includes online and multi-media content including podcasts and themed audio streams.
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Jeff started his career as a news journalist in 1989 and, in 1992, joined 91Èȱ¬ Scotland as Senior Producer in Selkirk.
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A year later he moved to the 91Èȱ¬ in Inverness to launch the Tom Morton morning programme.
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Jeff was promoted to Editor, Topical in 1998 and returned to Glasgow.
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He launched both the lunchtime Lesley Riddoch programme (which won a Sony Silver Award in 2001 and again in 2002) and the Gary Robertson mid-morning programme in Autumn 2000.
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In the 2006 Sony Awards, Jeff was nominated as Station Programmer of the Year.
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In 2008 91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland was nominated as Station of the Year at the Celtic Media Festival.
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Other awards as Editor include a Sony Silver for Asking For You (2003) and Sony Bronze awards for Old Firm Day (2002) and Life Stories (2005).
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The SoundTown project was launched by Jeff in 2003 and involved a year-long partnership with Doon Academy in Dalmellington where a radio studio was built in the school.
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The SoundTown project has continued in Grangemouth, Elgin, Kelso and Dundee.
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Jeff was born in Easterhouse, Glasgow in 1963, the seventh son of a Polish sailor who settled in Scotland after the Second World War.
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He was educated at the Central College of Commerce in Glasgow, Glasgow College of Technology and University College, Cardiff.
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Jeff lives in Inverness with his wife and two children and works from 91Èȱ¬ Scotland's newly-refurbished premises at Culduthel Road.
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He commutes regularly to visit the station's main production teams in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
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Jeff takes up many invitations to speak to community and student groups throughout Scotland.
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His online blog provides a daily account of his working life – available on the 91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland website.
