John McCready

John McCready was the founder of the RTC record label in New Zealand. He was also the general manager of CBS Records, New Zealand.

Background

Prior to mid-1974, McCready was working at Phonogram in New Zealand as the GM of their creative division.[1] In the late 1970s, he formed his own record label, RTC. The label was the licensee for the catalogue of Virgin Records in New Zealand. This opened the door for him to work at CBS records.[2]

He started with CBS Australia in March 1981. By January 1982, he was in charge of the Australian operation.[3]

During the 1980s, McCready was GM of Radio Hauraki. Later he moved into television.[4]

gollark: Security is an issue too, because nobody really cares to update them.
gollark: Smart TVs tend to be buggy and unreliable, and you can't swap out the "smart" bit when something inevitably breaks or stops working or stops receiving updates or has some component stripped out because [random stupid licensing issue], and the reason they're cheap and prevalent is *monetization via data mining*.
gollark: Plus decently fast WiFi and stuff, they're great streaming boxes.
gollark: RPi4s can do 4K60p, not that I think 4K is much use.
gollark: RPis are cheap.

References
  1. Billboard, 15 June 1974 Page 44 International News Phonogram Gives Labels More Autonomy In Structural Changes
  2. New Zealand Musician, Vol.18 No. 8 February / March 2015 Page 21 moments like these - Curated by Trevor Reekie
  3. Billboard, June 12, 1982 Australia and New Zealand, Market Leaders Surveyed
  4. Audio Culture, 4 May 2016 John McCready part 3 - the CBS years Murray Cammick
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