We at Montage are sad to see Sue Brookes stand down at Star FM Bristol. The station has recently suffered bad Rajar results (official listener figures monitoring), however Sue insists that the decision is for personal reseasons.

The decision was communicated to staff, clients and Montage on 11th Oct via email:

“After just over 15 months overseeing the Station management for both STAR radio in Bristol and STAR radio in North Somerset , I have made the personal decision to step down from my role in Bristol as Managing Director to enable be to devote 100% of my time to STAR Radio in North Somerset.

Paul Kurnyta has been appointed as ‘acting Station Manager at STAR radio in Bristol and with his knowledge of the market place and competitors he will be ably assisted by Dave Coull who will continue to oversee the programming side and I am sure they will be a successful duo and will strive to move this station forward to the next level.

I am personally very excited about the prospect of taking this role on and being able to wholly devote my time to STAR Radio in Weston as I genuinely believe there is a huge ‘untapped’ potential in this area and as we have such an excellent product I believe this is a great opportunity for us all to significantly build upon the recent successes we have enjoyed at the station. “

Sue Brookes – MD Star FM.