Helen Young (radio manager)
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22 March 1926
Helen Young | |
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 Young in 1995 | |
| Born | Helen Agnes Young 22 March 1926 Hāwera, New Zealand |
| Died | 2 August 2019 (aged 93) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Radio manager |
| Known for | Manager of RNZ Concert |
Helen Agnes Young MBE (22 March 1926 – 2 August 2019) was a New Zealand radio manager and an advocate for New Zealand music performers and composers.[1]
Born in Hāwera on 22 March 1926, Young was the daughter of Agnes Isabel Young (née Bartholomew) and Andrew Morton Young.[2][3] She was educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland,[4] and later went to London, where she studied at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[3] After working at the music library of the British Arts Council and the British Institute of Recorded Sound, she returned to New Zealand.[3] She was manager of RNZ Concert for 12 years between 1978 and 1989, and worked for Radio New Zealand for 35 years in all.[1][4]
In the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, Young was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to broadcasting,[5] and she received the award for "Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting" at the 1990 New Zealand Radio Awards.[1]
