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Controversial Radio Host Algernon ‘Serpent’ Watts and Veteran Broadcaster Dave Lester Payne are trying to create a new entity out of the ashes of the Observer Media Group.<\/p>

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The “new management” is planning a meeting with staff who will also be severed by the end of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not sure how the new entity will operate.<\/p>

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An outgoing staff member told ANR that positions have not been advertised.<\/p>

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The new company is expected to operate in the pricy Woods Area, another source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observer Chief Operating Officer Darren Derrick said in a recent interview that he’s not aware that the programme will change.<\/p>

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“But I am not part of that team,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watts told Radio listeners over the weekend that Observer Radio will be on the air come December 1, the day after the scheduled closure.<\/p>

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He gave no information on the management structure or the financial backers of the new entity.<\/p>

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More than 60 staff members have been written to informing that of their severance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derrick said he was saddened by the closure of Observer Media Group as we know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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