media radio stations founded 1989 1989 headquarters dublin ireland key people denis o brien owner lucy gaffney chairperson gervaise slowey ceo number of employees 1000 website www.communicorp.ie communicorp is a media holding company based in ireland and owned wholly by the irish billionaire denis o brien . contents 1 history 2 stations 3 ican interactive 4 references history edit communicorp group ltd was formed by denis o brien in 1989 . it launched its radio operations in ireland that same year and entered the czech republic in 1992 . it later added stations which in bulgaria estonia finland hungary and ukraine . 1 based in dublin the company now owns 42 radio stations in eight european countries including ireland s newstalk today fm dublin s 98 spin 1038 and spin south west . o brien owns in its entirety ireland s independent national radio all stations apart from those run by state broadcaster rt . 2 o brien s communicorp was the highest bidder for emap s irish operations when that company decided to sell its radio stations buying fm104 highland radio and today fm on 14 july 2007 . 1 3 4 in october 2007 the broadcasting commission of ireland bci approved communicorp s proposed takeover of today fm and highland radio but not fm104 . 5 6 the deal was completed by january 2008 . 7 due to a competition authority decision communicorp was required to sell on fm104 which it did to utv media immediately upon its acquisition . o brien offloaded highland radio in mid 2008 . 8 9 it opened two radio stations in jordan in 2008 . on 21 july 2008 a joint bid from boxer tv access and communicorp supported by bt ireland were successful in obtaining three digital terrestrial television multiplex contracts from the bci . boxer dtt limited withdrew from its agreement to provide a dtt platform on 20 april 2009 . in september 2012 communicorp launched their only digital radio station frq.fm on 6 february 2014 communicorp announced it would be acquiring eight uk stations from global radio subject to review by ireland s competition authority . 10 the stations were required to be sold off by the competition commission following global s acquisition of gmg radio in 2012 . the formation of communicorp uk on the 1st april 2014 headquartered at laser house manchester allows communicorp uk to be operated as a standalone entity . stations edit apart from its dominance of the republic of ireland s national radio where it owns all stations apart from state broadcaster rt communicorp owns stations in bulgaria czech republic estonia finland hungary jordan latvia and ukraine . 11 ireland dublin s 98fm newstalk spin 1038 spin southwest today fm txfm 30 % ownership united kingdom capital south wales capital scotland heart north wales heart yorkshire real radio xs smooth east midlands smooth north east smooth north west connect fm all with the exception of real radio xs under licence from global radio czech republic kiss 98 kiss hady kiss morava kiss publikum kiss jizni cechy kiss delta kiss proton country radio radio beat radio jizera radio spin radio 1 hungary juventus radio latvia radio swh radio swh radio swh rock estonia radio elmar raadio uuno radio kuku radio 100fm dinamit fm radio dfm radio u pop spin fm finland radio suomipop groove fm classic radio metro fm ukraine nashe radio network nrj bulgaria bg radio radio 1 radio 1 rock nrj radio nova city radio radio veronika jordan spin fm ayyam fm ican interactive edit communicorp also have a majority interest in ican an interactive pr agency in the irish online advertising market . citation needed references edit a b denis o brien s communicorp to acquire irish radio stations today fm fm104 and highland radio in 200m deal . finfacts . 16 july 2007 . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . byrne elaine 16 october 2011 . so who s afraid of denis o brien enda kenny is . sunday independent . emap sells radio stations to o brien . rt news . 16 july 2007 . archived from the original on 5 march 2015 . o brien buys emap radio stations in 200m deal . the irish emigrant . 18 july 2007 . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . blow for o brien s 200m radio bid . irish examiner . 9 october 2007 . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . beesley arthur 9 october 2007 . denis o brien can not buy fm104 as part of 200m deal . the irish times . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . hancock ciar n 12 january 2008 . o brien seals 200m deal for emap s three irish radio outlets . the irish times . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . denis o brien sells highland radio . the irish emigrant . 11 may 2008 . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . hancock ciar n 12 january 2008 . o brien sells highland radio . the irish times . archived from the original on 1 june 2015 . martin roy 2014 02 06 . communicorp buys 8 global stations . radiotoday . retrieved 2014 02 06 . http nasimjo.blogspot.com 2008 02 exclusive radio news european brand.html retrieved from https 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