“High-touch” is a once common term that has fallen out of favour, but it aptly describes Linda Rankin’s approach to life, even while she has been involved in landmark events in the high-tech world of broadcasting. Rankin’s perspective on the world has been heavily influenced by two near-death experiences: one in the early 1990s when she received a bone marrow transplant to overcome B-cell lymphoma, and another six-month period in 2012 when she was very ill.