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GCap's Jensen suggested Planet Rock buy.
Digital-only rock station saved from closure by businessman Malcolm Bluemel, after suggestion from DJ friend
GCap presenter David Jensen has been revealed as the man who brought Planet Rock and its new owner together.
The future of the digital-only rock station, which GCap had planned to close if it could not find a buyer, is now secure after businessman Malcolm Bluemel stepped in to buy it.
And programme director Trevor White reveals it was the veteran DJ Jensen, who hosts weekday mid-mornings on GCap's Gold network, who got the ball rolling when he introduced the idea of buying it to his friend Bluemel. "David told Malcolm the station was for sale and it went from there," says White.
Jensen previously worked on theJazz and had already seen his digital station being axed as part of former GCap chief executive Fru Hazlitt's plans to reduce the group's interests in digital radio. Hazlitt has now exited the group following a #375m takeover by Global Radio whose deal for GCap was due to be completed last Friday.
Jensen says: "TheJazz was a really good service, but unfortunately it didn't have a knight in shining armour. With Planet Rock they refused to be downbeat. Their administration and offices are right next to Gold's offices, so we see each other all the time. I thought they had a great spirit and it dovetailed with my friendship with Malcolm Bluemel."
Jensen, whose son races in Formula Three and has been backed by Bluemel, says he thought the businessman could be interested as he liked Planet Rock and its presenters. "It's a marriage of a great set of people," he says. "I took him to the Sony Radio Awards and he could see there was a real warmth in the room for Planet Rock."
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