Tola Radio ‘not going off air for 1 second’- Floyd P. Burnett aka ‘Heritage’
In fact, Mr Burnett has suggested Tola Radio VI and CCT may be mending fences.
CCT accuses Heritage of ‘disparaging & potentially libellous statements’
CCT had said Its services to Tola Radio, based on an agreement, include tower space for antenna placement on Jost van Dyke and Peter Island, electricity and backup power service, as well as telephone and both wireless and fibre internet services, altogether valued at well over $60,000 annually. In exchange, CCT received radio advertising on the Morning Braff show and other Tola Radio programming.
CCT said the agreement reached its natural conclusion on May 31, 2024, and CCT made the decision not to renew “because of the volatile relationship with Mr Burnett, who has indiscriminately made disparaging and potentially libellous statements about CCT for years.”
Nevertheless, CCT said it continued the exchange of services on a month-to-month basis beyond the contract’s expiration and hoped to improve relations with Tola Radio but that their relationship did not improve but CCT continued to provide services free of charge to Tola Radio, extending the deadline for transitioning away from Tola Radio to October 31, 2024.
No longer interested in advertising with Tola Radio- CCT
“Unfortunately, despite these efforts, Mr Burnett has continued to make disparaging and potentially libellous statements about CCT, including comments that have even raised concerns regarding the safety of our people. As a result, this matter has been referred to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force for further review.
“Tola Radio can retain the same services they currently enjoy from CCT by becoming a paying customer but CCT is no longer interested in advertising on their platform,” CCT stated.
Where is the proof?- Heritage
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, Burnett responded by accusing CCT of “never ever actually providing proof of what was said or the context it was said” in his criticisms of CCT’s product and that “the product I was reviewing at the time was totally separate and paid for outside of my sharing agreements !!!!! Why can’t they say what was said? I wonder.”
Burnett said just like everyone else he has the right to review a product “I’m paying for” and that it should have “nothing to do with our other contractual agreements.”
The radio station owner also assured his “thousands of Tola Radio Fans and the 50 plus active ad partners that we are here to stay.”
New agreements being negotiated with CCT- Heritage
Speaking to our News Centre today; however, Burnett had a different tone, stating that Tola Radio and CCT are re-negotiating new agreements.
“We are not moving from CCT towers…all the negotiations are going positive concerning us staying and actually getting back to our original agreement.”
Burnett also said CCT has suggested some different terms to their agreement and added that “every business have an order in which it should run. “
Tola Radio, he reiterated, “wouldn’t be going off air for one second, one minute and we just want to once again reassure all media, all public, all clients of this basically.”
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16 Responses to “Tola Radio ‘not going off air for 1 second’- Floyd P. Burnett aka ‘Heritage’”
I'm sure the Government will sponsor him big time.
Good luck my friend.