Steve Johnston has been appointed as Director of Entertainment at Yas Plaza Hotels
Yas Plaza Hotels has appointed seasoned radio veteran Steve Johnston as director of entertainment. The DJ has over 30 years of experience working in radio worldwide and co-owns two English-language radio stations based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Johnston also has extensive experience with the radio industry in the UAE. He was part of the team that set up the first English-language commercial pop radio station in the UAE, Channel4FMAjman, in 1997. In 2007, he helped put together Emirates Radio 1 and Emirates Radio 2 through Emirates Media in Abu Dhabi and the UAE's first rock radio station, Rock FM, in Fujairah. He has also entertained British troops by DJing for them in Cyprus, the Falkland Islands and Iraq.