 Eventually, RTL sold RTL Country 1035 as it had become known to Ritz Records, at one time the UK record label for Daniel O'Donnell, but problems within the RMG group resulted in the mother company becoming close to bankruptcy.By 2002 the audience had been reduced by Ritz from over 250,000 listeners a week in 1999 to only 75,000 listeners by 2001.Partly due to introducing so called, "British Country" music.