{"id":106,"date":"2025-05-14T19:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/?p=106"},"modified":"2025-05-27T22:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:46:03","slug":"gary-dixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/2025\/05\/14\/gary-dixon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-19.42.23.png?resize=1024%2C572&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-19.42.23.png?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-19.42.23.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-19.42.23.png?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-19.42.23.png?resize=1536%2C857&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-19.42.23.png?w=1666&amp;ssl=1 1666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Gary Dixon talks about his upbringing and how it moulded him to be perfect for UTV. He joined at 16 and spent 47 years there. He reminisces on his time at the company and the trajectory he had through the organisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He talks about the familial aspects and recounts how he met his wife at UTV. Working on the revival reminded him of how close he was to his work colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7e3ecc89-8c16-4dc4-b76e-072b05678c79\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Gary-Dixon-transcript.docx\">Gary Dixon transcript<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Gary-Dixon-transcript.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7e3ecc89-8c16-4dc4-b76e-072b05678c79\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gary Dixon Interview - Media Voices NI\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V-H7Fh638e8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Dixon talks about his upbringing and how it moulded him to be perfect for UTV. 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