Last call: Highland
HIGHLAND Radio is axing its bingo game, the station has announced.
In a statement yesterday the Letterkenny-based station says it is dropping its long-running Rehab Radio Bingo.
“Friday 2nd May 2014 is the last day of Rehab Bingo on Highland Radio,” said the station.
“However, we are in the process of preparing a new Bingo venture with a local charity in the coming weeks.”
The north Donegal radio station had applied to the Letterkenny District Court for a bingo license several weeks ago, with the station saying it wanted to earn €52,000-a-year profits from “running costs” and giving the rest to the Donegal Hospice.
Judge Paul Kelly had asked radio station director Hazel Russell at a previous hearing to provide a break-down of its proposed figures, telling her that no more than 40 per cent of cash generated could be spent on administration.
Ms Russell told the court that the station would charge €25 every time bingo numbers were read out, and this happened eight times per day. This would amount to €1,000 per week – or €52,000 per annum – as bingo was played five times per week.
But Ms Russell later returned to the same court to say the license application was being withdrawn.
Ms Russell did not give an explanation for Highland’s decision to stay with Rehab at the time, but it now appears the company has changed its mind again.
It will now have to re-submit its application to the courts.
No-one from Rehab was available for comment last night.
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