As you may have seen, veteran radio man James Whale has 'parted company' with talkSPORT after he told his listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in last week's mayoral elections in London. His comments on the race for London mayor, which were actually made back in March, breached strict radio rules regarding political bias. His pro-Boris ramblings caused complaints, and led to his axing this week.
A spokesman for talkSPORT owners UTV told Radio Today: "James Whale's contract with the radio station has been terminated after a breach of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code regarding due impartiality. It's 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".
Whale has been with the national speech station since its launch as Talk Radio in 1995.