{{Short description|British radio presenter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox presenter |image= |caption= |name=Paul Chantler |birth_date={{birth date|1959|10|12}} |show= |timeslot= |show2= |station2= |timeslot2= |style= Radio presenter |country=United Kingdom |prevshow= |website= |birth_name= |spouse= |death_place=Eastbourne, East Sussex, England|death_date={{death date and age|2024|03|31|1959|10|12}}}}
'''Paul Chantler''' (12 October 1959 – 31 March 2024) was a British radio broadcaster, author, and broadcasting executive who held senior programming roles at Chiltern Radio, Essex Radio, and Wireless Group and worked for the BBC.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=One of the founders of Podcast Radio, Paul Chantler has died |url=https://podcastingtoday.co.uk/one-of-the-founders-of-podcast-radio-paul-chantler-has-died/ |publisher=PodcastingToday |accessdate=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2024-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606091118/https://podcastingtoday.co.uk/one-of-the-founders-of-podcast-radio-paul-chantler-has-died/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career== In 1971, Chantler began his career working on Hospital Radio in Royal Tunbridge Wells.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Mirror"/> While serving as Program Director for Chiltern Radio, Chantler launched the Galaxy radio station, and he would later serve as the Group Programme Director for Essex Radio and the Wireless Group. When BBC Radio Wiltshire launched in April 1989 under the name BBC Wiltshire Sound, Chantler was its first presenter. The first song played on the station by Chantler was "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=BBC Wiltshire celebrates 30th birthday three decades on from first broadcast in 1989 |date=4 April 2019 |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/17547788.bbc-wiltshire-celebrates-30th-birthday-three-decades-first-broadcast-1989/ |publisher=Swindon Advertiser |accessdate=2019-04-04 |archive-date=2024-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401201720/https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/17547788.bbc-wiltshire-celebrates-30th-birthday-three-decades-first-broadcast-1989/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Gerry |title=A history of the BBC in Wiltshire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2008/12/09/history_of_the_bbc_in_wiltshire_feature.shtml |access-date=5 June 2024 |work=BBC |date=2008 |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216092410/https://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2008/12/09/history_of_the_bbc_in_wiltshire_feature.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Chantler later served as a consultant for other radio stations in the United Kingdom, such as Premier Christian Radio, Invicta, and Southern Sound.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Tributes paid to radio exec and friend of Premier, Paul Chantler |url=https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/tributes-paid-to-radio-exec-and-friend-of-premier-paul-chantler |publisher=Premier Christian Radio |accessdate=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2024-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402194135/https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/tributes-paid-to-radio-exec-and-friend-of-premier-paul-chantler |url-status=live }}</ref> Towards the end of his career he was a director of Fix Radio and Podcast Radio.
In 2022, radio broadcaster Paul Hollins and Chantler co-wrote ''Essential Media Law'', a guide to libel and defamation. Following its popularity among content creators, the book was updated with a second edition in 2024.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Friends and colleagues pay tribute to radio executive and entrepreneur Paul Chantler |date=31 March 2024 |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/03/friends-and-colleagues-pay-tribute-to-radio-executive-and-entrepreneur-paul-chantler/ |publisher=RadioToday |accessdate=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2024-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331221339/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/03/friends-and-colleagues-pay-tribute-to-radio-executive-and-entrepreneur-paul-chantler/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mirror">{{cite news |title=BBC Radio executive Paul Chantler dies aged 64 after tough health battle |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-bbc-radio-executive-paul-32482229 |access-date=5 June 2024 |work=Daily Mirror |date=31 March 2024 |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605192520/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-bbc-radio-executive-paul-32482229 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019 Chantler was named a fellow of the Radio Academy for his “outstanding contribution to both public and commercial radio as a journalist, presenter and programmer”.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Roy |title=Four new fellowships awarded by the Radio Academy |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/05/four-new-fellowships-awarded-by-the-radio-academy/ |website=Radio Today |access-date=5 June 2024 |date=2019 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604192232/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/05/four-new-fellowships-awarded-by-the-radio-academy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Death== Chantler died on 31 March 2024, aged 64, in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Recently diagnosed with liver cancer, Chantler had been admitted to the hospital reporting breathing difficulties.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=Tributes paid after death of former radio executive Paul Chantler |date=31 March 2024 |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/tributes-paid-after-death-of-influential-uk-radio-executive-304320/ |publisher=KentOnline |accessdate=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2024-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331202606/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/tributes-paid-after-death-of-influential-uk-radio-executive-304320/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Beloved BBC radio star dies at 64 after battle with cancer as tributes pour in |date=31 March 2024 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1883531/BBC-radio-executive-Paul-Chantler-dead |publisher=Daily Express |accessdate=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2024-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401022622/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1883531/BBC-radio-executive-Paul-Chantler-dead |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last1=Chantler |first1=Paul |last2=Harris |first2=Sim |title=Local Radio Journalism |date=1997 |publisher=Focal Press |isbn=9780240514222 |pages=178}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Book/video reviews |journal=Journal of Radio Studies |date=2009 |volume=5 |issue=2 |doi=10.1080/19376529809384551}}</ref> *{{cite book |last1=Chantler |first1=Paul |last2=Stewart |first2=Peter |title=Essential Radio Journalism: How to produce and present radio news |date=2009 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781408141281 |pages=288}} *{{cite book |last1=Chantler |first1=Paul |last2=Stewart |first2=Peter |title=Basic Radio Journalism |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781136024344 |pages=288}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Book Review – Basic Radio Journalism |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/book-review-basic-radio-journalism/ |website=RadioInfo Australia |access-date=5 June 2024 |date=2003 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604193730/https://radioinfo.com.au/news/book-review-basic-radio-journalism/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{cite book |last1=Chantler |first1=Paul |last2=Hollins |first2=Paul |title=Keep It Legal |date=2018 |isbn=9781718072985}}<ref>{{cite web |title=New book helps broadcasters to Keep It Legal |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/08/new-books-helps-broadcasters-to-keep-it-legal/ |website=Radio Today |access-date=5 June 2024 |date=2018 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604192236/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/08/new-books-helps-broadcasters-to-keep-it-legal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{cite book |last1=Chantler |first1=Paul |last2=Stewart |first2=Peter |title=JournoLists |date=2020}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Lee |title=Paul Chantler and Peter Stewart publish Journalism book |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/01/paul-chantler-and-peter-stewart-publish-journalism-book/ |website=Radio Today |access-date=5 June 2024 |date=2020 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604192234/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/01/paul-chantler-and-peter-stewart-publish-journalism-book/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{cite book |last1=Hollins |first1=Paul |last2=Chantler |first2=Paul |title=Essential Media Law |date=2022 |publisher=Amazon Digital Services |isbn=9798849975436}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Huw Edwards writes foreword for new Essential Media Law book |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/09/huw-edwards-writes-foreward-for-new-essential-media-law-book/ |website=Radio Today |access-date=5 June 2024 |date=2022 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604192232/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/09/huw-edwards-writes-foreward-for-new-essential-media-law-book/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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