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'''Errol Hickey''' was a broadcaster and founder of [[Radio Phoenix]]. | {{good}} | ||
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| name = Errol Hickey | |||
| image = Errol Hickey.jpg | |||
| alt = | |||
| caption = Hickey in 2015 on the [[Extraordinary Zambia Project]]. Photo by [[Gareth Bentley]] | |||
| birth_name = Errol Thomas Hickey | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|06|11}} | |||
| birth_place = Salisbury (Zimbabwe) | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|02|26|1944|06|11}} | |||
| death_place = [[Lusaka]] | |||
| nationality = | |||
| other_names = | |||
| occupation = [[businessman]], [[broadcaster]], [[journalist]] | |||
| years_active = | |||
| known_for = Founder of [[Radio Phoenix]] | |||
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'''Errol Thomas Hickey''' (11 June 1944 — 26 February 2017) was a [[businessman]], [[broadcaster]], [[journalist]] and founder of [[Radio Phoenix]], [[Zambia's first]] commercial private radio station, where he served as its Chairman and Director since 1996. He helped pioneer commercial broadcasting in [[Zambia]] during the aftermath of Zambia’s return to multiparty democracy when the media market was also slowly being liberalised. | |||
==Early life== | |||
Hickey was born on 11 June 1944 in Salisbury, in pre-independent Zimbabwe, but came to Zambia where he lived for over 50 years. | |||
==Career== | |||
He started his carer as a photo journalist. Most of the iconic early images of an independent [[Zambia]] and first President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] are attributed to Hickey.<ref name=observer>[http://www.theindependentobserver.org/radio-phoenix-founder-errol-hickey-dies/ Radio phoenix Founder, Errol Hickey dies], The Independent Observer, 26 February 2017</ref> He worked for the [[Times of Zambia]] as a [[photographer]] before branching off into private business and established Hickey Studios.<ref>[https://zambiareports.com/2017/02/26/radio-phoenix-founder-erroll-hickey-dies/ Radio Phoenix Founder Erroll Hickey Dies], [[Zambia Reports]], 26 February 2017</ref> | |||
In 1996 he opened [[Radio Phoenix]]. He was among the first individuals to open a private station and pioneered brave private radio station programming with the station's flagship program: ''“[[Let the People Talk]]”'' becoming one of the most popular political and phone-in programmes on air for many years. The arrival of Radio Phoenix paved the way for the emergence of other private, commercial and community stations.<ref name=observer/> | |||
About two years before his death, Hickey gave up control of Radio Phoenix as his health started failing and some private investors from Botswana bought shares in the radio station.<ref name=lt>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/02/26/errol-hickey-dies/ Errol Hickey dies], [[Lusaka Times]], 26 February 2017</ref> | |||
==Death== | |||
Hickey died on 26 February in [[Lusaka]] at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.<ref>[http://zambianeye.com/media-guru-errol-hickey-dies/ Media guru Errol Hickey dies], Zambian Eye, 26 February 2017</ref> A few years before his death, he lost his wife Ursula to cancer. He is survived by a daughter Joana.<ref name=lt/> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:2017 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:1944 births]] | |||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
