Year: 2024

Steve Wright’s cause of death has been revealed as a ruptured ulcer in his stomach, according to his death certificate, seen by the BBC.
The BBC Radio 2 presenter died suddenly in February at the age of 69.
A report on the BBC website says the certificate stated that the causes of death were acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer.
Hundreds of thousands of tributes were paid to Steve by listeners and the radio industry earlier this year, including BBC Director General Tim Davie.
At the time, Tim said: “All of us at the BBC are heartbroken to hear this terribly sad news. Steve was a truly wonderful broadcaster who has been a huge part of so many of our lives over many decades.
“He was the ultimate professional – passionate about the craft of radio and deeply in touch with his listeners. This was deservedly recognised in the New Year Honours list with his MBE for services to radio.
“No-one had more energy to deliver shows that put a smile on audiences’ faces. They loved him deeply. We are thinking of Steve and his family and will miss him terribly.” […]

Community station Radio Leyland in central Lancashire has been found in breach of its licence for playing an offensive song.

One person complained when the station played “Let’s Go Fishing” by Aaron Lewis, which was broadcast at 10:34 on a Saturday morning in April 2024.
The track contained three uses of the word “fu**ed”.
The station said the mistake happened due to human error, and usually has a process in place to avoid non-vetted tracks being played.
Radio Leyland apologised to Ofcom for the broadcast of the offensive language and accepted that it did not comply with Rule 1.14, but added that it did not have time to broadcast an apology on-air because it was “too caught up in ensuring we could prevent any recurrence” and that it would issue an apology when it had received Ofcom’s “judgement”.
Ofcom took into consideration the Licensee’s explanation of the circumstances that led to the broadcast of the offensive language and its representations that the error occurred due to a “departure from the presenter’s usual procedure”.
However, Ofcom reminded Radio Leyland that it is the Licensee’s responsibility to ensure all content broadcast on its service complies with the Code. […]