RTÉ insists ‘2FM not for sale’ despite Classic Hits Radio owner being prepared to pay €10m for station

Jennifer Zamparelli, Doireann Garrihy and The 2 Johnnies, all left crisis-hit station 2FM.

Cian Ó Broin

The owner of Classic Hits Radio has offered €10m to take over 2FM in a bid to privatise the crisis-hit station but RTÉ insists it is “not for sale”.

Kevin Branigan, chief executive of Bray Broadcasting, which includes Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio and Radio Nova, wrote to RTÉ director general Keving Bakhurst and Media Minister Catherine Martin.