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Radio host James Whale is sacked
by Dave Keating | May 6, 2008 at 04:29 am | 269 views | 3 comments
by Dave Keating
A sport radio DJ in the UK has been fired by the BBC after urging his listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in last Thursdays London mayor election.
Radio host James Whale has been fired by Talksport after urging listeners to vote for Conservative candidate Boris Johnson in London's mayoral elections.
The comments were made on 20 March during his late-night programme.
A Talksport spokesman said: "James Whale's contract with the station has been terminated after a breach of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code."
Under Ofcom rules, presenters are banned from showing any bias towards a political party before an election.
James Whale is guilty of a gross error of judgement, which we found to be totally unacceptable
TalksportThe Talksport spokesman described the matter as "very unfortunate".
"We have investigated the matter and after serious consideration, the station reached the decision that there was a clear breach of the rules and that we had no choice but to terminate his contract," he said.
"James Whale is guilty of a gross error of judgement, which we found to be totally unacceptable.
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May 6, 2008 at 04:29 am by Dave Keating, 269 views, 3 comments
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at 14:41 on May 6th, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. I heard it first on here too.
at 19:46 on May 7th, 2008
A Londoner told me that he wanted to be Mayor himself
at 19:50 on May 7th, 2008
He wanted to be elected on behalf of the UKIP (see under Wikipedia)