Christian Smith is set to join Bauer Media Audio UK as Group Head of Music Programming.

This new position will see Christian reporting into Rob D’Ovidio, Bauer’s Director of Music for Broadcast, On-Demand and Premium, helping to shape and deliver the portfolio’s musical strategy; as well as overseeing scheduling, reporting and musical output for all of Bauer’s Audio brands.

Rob D’Ovidio said: ‘Christian is a hugely experienced music programmer and I am incredibly excited about the understanding, knowledge and passion for music that he will bring to the brilliant team here at Bauer. He joins Bauer Media Audio UK at a very exciting time as we evolve our products and platforms, attracting new audiences and enabling new ways to listen to all of our much-loved audio brands.’

Christian joins the business from Global where he works as a Senior Group Music Programmer was responsible for curating music policy across both the Capital Network and Radio X. His previous experience also includes time at News UK, Virgin Radio and also here at Bauer where he was previously Head of Music for the KISS Network.

Christian will be starting his new role in early 2025.