UK radio station worker’s bizarre explanation for airing false King Charles death report

A worker at an English radio station that erroneously declared King Charles III dead gave a bizarre explanation for airing the bogus report, the UK’s media watchdog found.  According to the telecoms regulator Ofcom, an employee at Radio Caroline played the pre-recorded announcement of the King’s death out of curiosity

Radio station that wrongly announced King Charles had died breached Ofcom rules  GB News

The station said the staff member who played the files had been ‘reprimanded’ and had ‘apologised’

A community radio station breached the rules after accidentally announcing the death of King Charles III in a May broadcast, a U.K. watchdog said on Monday.

Radio Caroline has been found in breach of broadcasting rules after it mistakenly announced the death of King Charles III.

A radio station breached the rules after accidentally announcing the death of Britain's King Charles in a May broadcast, the UK media watchdog Ofcom has said.

Radio Caroline told Ofcom the error occurred when a member of staff accessed pre-recorded sound files.

Radio station that announced King had died breached Ofcom rules  ITVX