The pop station offers a service which is already provided by commercial competitors
r within the space of a month suggests that something is afoot behind the scenes at 2FM, RTÉ's pop music station.
But it seems a remarkable coincidence that such a rash of departures should take place just weeks ahead of the introduction of new transparency requirements on presenters’ commercial activities. 2FM head Dan Healy did not deny that these played a part in the mass exodus, although he insists other factors are also at play.
First Doireann Garrihy, now the 2 Johnnies and Jennifer Zamparelli: why are so many stars leaving 2FM?The real question, however, is why 2FM exists at all. Some argue that the channel fulfils the third part of public service broadcasting’s remit to “inform, educate and entertain”, and that it also performs the vital task of reaching a younger cohort than any other RTÉ service. But both these needs are adequately met by commercial competitors.
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