Flop of the week: Radio Basel: Christian Heeb quits
Christian Heeb, who founded and launched Radio Basel together with Karlheinz Kögel around two years ago, will leave the company on October 24, 2011 to mark the two-year anniversary of the station's launch.
In future, Kögel will hold more than 99.9 percent of Radio Basel shares. He wants to lead the station into a new future. The transition submitted to DETEC for approval should make it possible to seek cooperative marketing solutions for the future that will strengthen Radio Basel economically. Since the implementation of the ambitious new concept two years ago, Radio Basel has steadily increased its reach, the statement continues. The independent Radio Basel Group, which has no shareholdings in other stations, has so far operated without any association with other broadcasters. The company has no obligations to banks or third parties. The station had been supported exclusively by the two previous partners. Heeb did not wish to comment further on his departure when asked by SDA, but after five years working for this station, he said it was time for a break - although he did not want to talk about retirement.
