Originally Posted by Invicta Radio:
“Simon Dale, hasn't left Heart, he's gone back to Oz, due to a Family member who is very ill.”
My thoughts are with Simon if this is correct about a family member being ill.
However, if you have been told this by a Global employee, I would be doubting this info.
Global being the same company who had a page on the Southern FM website about Dan Gasser being unwell and not on air temporarily, where get well soon messages could be sent. When I spoke to a Southern FM employee, I was told that he would be back on air at Southern FM (then in the process of changing to Heart), when he is better. Yeah right.....
Heard him a few weeks later doing cover on Juice Brighton and then Mercury FM, and now he has a Drivetime show on Juice!!!! Never heard on Southern FM/Heart ever again.
Why Global have to hide the fact that presenters leave, I dont know. In the case of Dan Gasser, a few people on here guessed that he wouldn't be back on Southern FM/Heart again, and that he had either left by his own choice or wasn't needed by the station any more.
Unfortunately, many listeners probably couldn't care less which DJ is presenting the music selection on Heart, so probably don't really notice if a DJ disappears.
I have actually given Heart Crawley a bit of a listen, because I thought perhaps give it a chance like a rational person. Tuned into the (local from Brighton

) drivetime show where the usual DJ is Chris Brooks, and sometimes Paul Hollins or Stephen Sullivan when he is off. It actually takes a few moments to work out which DJ is on, all sound equally as bland and lacking enthusiasm and personality. Unlike Mercury FM which Heart replaced, where the DJs sounded enthusiastic and actually as though they were enjoying what they were doing until the end.