Frank Zammit didn't just leave Vibe FM for career reasons. He describes a period of genuine mental health difficulty — a reckoning with who he was outside the station and what he had been neglecting in pursuit of the job.
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The post-Terry era at Vibe FM is Frank's story of a ship without its original captain. The brand Terry built was so personalised and vision-specific that, without him, the question of what Vibe FM actually stood for became genuinely difficult to answer. Frank describes a period of attempting to maintain momentum while internally sensing that something fundamental had changed. The station had become repetitive, the calendar predictable, the energy flattening. Where Terry had pushed for constant reinvention, the structure after his departure defaulted toward safety — and safety, Frank argues, is death for a personality-radio format aimed at a younger demographic that demands surprise and spontaneity.
Frank opened up about experiencing a difficult period of mental health struggles that ultimately played a role in his decision to leave Vibe FM.
Frank describes the moment at Vibe FM when professional tensions stopped being about the station and became about the people. That shift, he says, is when everything became irreparable.
Frank Zammit decided to leave Vibe FM after years of investing in building its brand and identity, citing a breakdown in communication and unresolved tensions with management.
Frank Zammit left Vibe FM not in a blaze of drama, but after a slow erosion of trust and communication. He describes reaching a point where the station's direction and his own vision could no longer coexist — and where staying would have cost him more than leaving.
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