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Old 31-10-2008, 18:07   #158
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Re: Brand/ross 'prank'

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Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat View Post
If this had been commercial radio they would have been sacked on the spot as the station would not want to upset it's advertisers. The BBC do not operate under such constraints.

James Whale was recently sacked by commercial radio station Talk Sport, for telling listeners in London to vote for Boris Johnson in the mayoral elections.

Even though he had by far the station's largest audience, he was dismissed the very next day.
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