Planet Rock, the digital radio station sold by radio giant GCap to an independent company led by Malcolm Bluemel, has confirmed it will leave its studios in GCap's Leicester Square HQ, and start using new facilities in the offices of UBC in Marylebone. The station's new owners hope to move to the new offices in October.
Bluemel told reporters: "Planet Rock is now completely in charge of its own destiny with our very own location in the heart of London. This is a dream come true for us. We can now provide rock fans with essential rock listening, artists can come into the station at any time we choose, we can do it our own way and give our listeners exactly what they want. There is a close knit passionate team at Planet Rock, headed up by Trevor White, and all of us look forward to building on the amazing progress this fantastic radio station has already made".
The boss of Planet Rock's new hosts, UBC Media CEO Simon Cole, added: "I'm proud to have been chosen to provide services to Planet Rock and especially to build a facility for them within our offices. The team at Planet Rock have a single minded vision and we want to do whatever we can to help them bring that to reality".