Radio Nova programme director Colm Hayes has said that RTE is no longer fit for purpose and “needs to be changed.”
The veteran broadcaster explained that RTE needs to modernize, but feels that it may be too little too late.
He told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “It’s getting tougher, advertising is harder, with Google and Facebook, the advertising pie is going down.”
“You can see it, with what RTE is going through at the moment and Virgin Media letting people go, it’s a really tough business to get into and to make a living off at the moment.”
“It’s tough, a lot of my friends in there from the Ryan Tubridys right down to the researchers and producers are suffering, I just think the model in RTE needs to be changed.”
“It’s operating in 1980 principles in 2019, they have to change to survive, as the saying goes you have to adapt or die,” he said.
“I don’t think they’re adapting enough, it seems as if it’s too little too late.”
Colm presented The Colm and Lucy Show on 2FM with Lucy Kennedy as a step-in following the death of Gerry Ryan.
Colm also presented the award winning Strawberry Alarm Clock for seven years on FM104, and The Colm and Jim-Jim Breakfast Show on 2FM.
