Radio worker wrongly broadcasts King Charles’ death, panics, then runs away

• Radio Caroline has been found to have breached Ofcom rules after accidentally broadcasting an announcement that King Charles III had died.
• The error occurred during The Barry Marsh Show in May when a staff member played restricted files out of curiosity, not realising that they would be broadcast, followed by the national anthem and 16 minutes of silence.
• Media regulator Ofcom ruled that the station breached accuracy rules and failed to correct the significant error quickly enough on air.
• Ofcom noted that a clarification took around 30 minutes to broadcast and the staff member panicked and left the premises after accidentally playing the files.
• Radio Caroline confirmed the responsible staff member had been reprimanded and apologised, and the sensitive files have been removed from the studio computer.

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Radio station falsely announced King’s death then broadcast 16 minutes of silence as panicked presenter ran away