Open Letter From Malcolm
Dear All
I am mortified by the
comments posted and the emails I have received since this morning and I think
it’s therefore only fair that I post my response;
For the last four years I have worked my
backside off to keep this station going. It has, during that time, cost me
personally £1,000 a day (yes, I have spent every penny I’ve worked all my life
for), to get up at 5.45 in the morning and travel to London, to agonise over
playlists and deal with all the compliance and contractual issues that go with
running a small business these days. I’m told that we have a passionate
audience who love the station but as soon as I try anything to ease the
tremendous losses I get abused by a
minority of that said audience. NOBODY HAS TO JOIN THE CLUB, YOU STILL GET
PLANET ROCK FREE 24 HOURS A DAY...WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? I have invested
thousands of pounds in getting you the additional content which you can
purchase or not as you choose, there is no obligation.
I am not a fat cat. If
I was I would have kept my money in my pocket, stayed at home with my wife and
children and been 3 million pounds better off.
The team at Planet
Rock remain dedicated to providing our listeners the highest quality service
possible both on and off air and will continue to do so.
Malcolm Bluemel
Friday 29th June 2012
