Who are We

Phil Dowse, a two-time winner, World’s Best Radio Consultant, is a globally respected radio strategist whose finely honed instinct for the medium has shaped and transformed audio entertainment over several decades.

He has worked with dozens of networks across several continents including some of the world’s leading media groups: ARN (Australia), Bauer (UK), NRJ (Europe), and Kagiso (South Africa).

Phil Dowse is renowned for fearlessness and innovation — he challenges convention, breaks rules when needed, and delivers results that set clients apart. In the early 2000s, he brought transformative concepts like 2 Strangers and a Wedding, The Fugitive, and The Lie Detector to KLOS and WPLJ in the U.S. More recently, his creation of Story Arcs and reality radio has become a game-changer worldwide.

Radio stations and audio companies across the globe aspire to tap into his unique and pioneering approach. Beyond programming, Phil leads the charge in audio innovation, non-traditional revenue strategies, and emerging audio entertainment trends. He has mentored and fast-tracked the success of countless on-air and off-air talent, with particular expertise in building powerhouse breakfast shows.

Buzz Knight is a media expert and innovator with more than 25 years of experience in the broadcast industry. He is the founder and Executive Producer of Buzz Knight Media Productions (BKMP), an independent podcast network distributed through the iHeart Radio Network.

At BKMP, Buzz hosts and produces Takin’ A Walk with Buzz Knight — a celebrated interview series exploring music, culture, and the stories behind the artists — while also executive producing three additional shows: Music Saved Me, Comedy Saved Me, and Takin’ A Walk Nashville. The network generates approximately 2 million monthly downloads across 600+ episodes, with select episodes archived in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s permanent collection.

Before launching BKMP, Buzz held senior leadership roles at some of the most respected names in broadcasting, including Greater Media and CBS, where he built a track record of driving revenue growth, market share gains, and audience development. He also served in a strategic leadership capacity at Beasley Media Group, focused on content innovation and experiential activations. Earlier in his career, he worked as an on-air personality and program director, elevating multiple radio stations to top performance levels.

Buzz created and launched the Media Innovation Hackathon at CES, a platform for technology and product incubation, and served as a member of the NAB Committee on Local Radio Audience Measurement. He remains a sought-after speaker, contributor, and advisor across the media industry.

Robin Galloway is one of the UK’s most accomplished and influential broadcasters, renowned for building market-leading shows, creating unforgettable on-air moments, connecting with audiences and driving innovation.

With experience spanning radio, television and print, Robin has worked with some of the industry’s biggest names, including Global, Bauer Media, ITV, News UK and DC Thomson. While his expertise extends across multiple media platforms, it is in radio where he has made his greatest impact.

His career is defined by exceptional audience growth and ratings success. His legendary Key 103 Manchester drivetime show became the highest-rating drivetime programme outside London, while his eight-year Real Radio Scotland breakfast show dominated the market. At Clyde 1, he took the drivetime show from last place to number one in just four surveys.

Robin also hosted Bauer’s national Greatest Hits Radio Breakfast Show, Heart Scotland Breakfast, and launched Pure Radio Scotland’s flagship breakfast show.

Beyond broadcasting, he has written a long-running column for The Scottish Sun and held senior talent acquisition and content strategy roles with DC Thomson.

A recognised innovator, Robin pioneered the use of listener voice notes on-air and helped shape the podcast-radio hybrid format now widely adopted across the industry.

His achievements have earned some of broadcasting’s highest honours, including Gold at the New York Radio Festivals for Best Breakfast Show in the World, the ACE Award for World’s Best Local Radio Personality, two British Radio Awards, and an Arqiva Broadcast Award for Referendum Live.

Robin is also internationally recognised for his viral prank calls, headline-making stunts and highly shareable content. From his famous Donald Trump wind-up to convincing Paris Hilton to negotiate a hotel discount, he has consistently created moments that capture attention and spark conversation.

Whether behind the microphone, developing talent or shaping content strategy, Robin Galloway continues to set the benchmark for creative, entertaining and commercially successful broadcasting.

Mike Shepard is a global radio strategist with decades of success in programming, research, and talent development.

As founder of Shepard Media Research, he has led hundreds of perceptual studies worldwide, including a 15-year partnership with ARN that helped fuel KIIS Sydney’s ratings surge. Previously, he held senior research roles with Moyes Research Associates, P-1 Research, and Pinnacle Media Strategies, translating complex audience data into winning strategies across all formats.

Mike’s programming record is equally strong—elevating San Diego’s KSON to record ratings, guiding KBZT to #1, piloting Smooth Jazz KIFM, and driving Mighty 1090 to historic highs as VP/Programming for BCA Radio.

A sought-after talent coach, he has mentored leading broadcasters including Jack Diamond, Tony & Kris, Scott Kaplan, Bert Weiss, Lisa Dent, and dozens of other market-leading personalities in multiple countries as a senior consultant with Tracy Johnson Media Group.

Combining hands-on programming success with research expertise, Mike delivers strategies that consistently achieve measurable results.

Alan has 25 years’ experience in commercial radio spanning Content, Research and Operations.

He has assisted networks and individuals across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK, South Africa and the UAE with their research and analysis projects.

Alan creates custom data & analytics dashboards and portals for businesses, specialising in the broadcast media industry and is the founder and developer of the Australian radio Gold Standard ratings software Audology, and online music research platform Wavelength.