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Anxious · 06-05-2008, 08:02

He's just been fired from TalkSport. I really liked him, he was a great presenter.

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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."

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Radio host James Whale is sacked

Do Gooder · 06-05-2008, 08:11

<cynical old man>Watch him appear on another radio station in the next weeks... sporting a manilla envelope of cash in his back pocket</cynical old man>

Anxious · 06-05-2008, 08:14

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Originally Posted by Do Gooder

<cynical old man>Watch him appear on another radio station in the next weeks... sporting a manilla envelope of cash in his back pocket</cynical old man>

I thought that myself. Ah well! As long as he's on the air somewhere.

weldo · 06-05-2008, 08:22

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Originally Posted by Anxious

I thought that myself. Ah well! As long as he's on the air somewhere.

and not on the telly ....

hawken · 07-05-2008, 11:14

yeah he was annoying on the telly, everyone hated him including his guests.

ah... late night TV of the 90's... what a sack of shit

datahound · 09-05-2008, 17:40

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sacked DJ Whale becomes TV host

Sacked radio presenter James Whale has landed a job on a TV shopping channel.

The controversial phone-in host was fired from Talksport after urging listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election.

He is now joining home shopping channel Bid TV and said his career had "come full circle" as he worked as a trainee buyer at Harrods "some years ago".

karloff · 09-05-2008, 18:48

the next alan partridge

hawken · 09-05-2008, 23:29

took the first job he could get eh?

talentless alcoholic wanker written all over him. Most people would have saved up a bit of cash for eventualities like this.

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