 Flanagan’s later radio career took him to the First Oxfordshire Radio Company, known as Fox FM, as the managing director from 1995 to 1997.From 1998 to 2002, Flanagan was operations director of the media company Chrysalis Group plc, where he was responsible for regional radio and online.He was the managing director of the Wales and the West broadcasting area of Galaxy Radio from January 1998 to July 2000.