The Press Association<\/p>\n
Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley is due to make an on-air apology following the revelation that a staff member posed as a caller during a phone competition.<\/p>\n
In the latest fakery row to hit the BBC, the employee pretended to be an audience member for a pre-recorded segment of the show in which a number of CDs were up for grabs.<\/p>\n
Whiley, a former Sony Radio Awards DJ of the Year, is said to have been unaware of the deceit.<\/p>\n
It took place in April last year, but only came to light following the BBC’s publication of editorial breaches within the corporation.<\/p>\n
The corporation said on Tuesday that a number of staff members had been disciplined as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n
A statement from the BBC read: “A pre-recorded section of Radio 1’s Jo Whiley Show on April 20 2006 featured a phone competition in which a member of BBC staff posed as a caller from the audience.<\/p>\n
It added: “We would like to make clear that Jo Whiley was unaware that the caller was not a genuine member of the public.”<\/p>\n
The “competition” was broadcast during a pre-recorded two-hour section of Whiley’s three-hour show.<\/p>\n
She pre-recorded two thirds of her show to attend a reception for the opening of the newly refurbished Broadcasting House, the BBC’s radio headquarters in London, an event which was attended by the Queen.<\/p>\n
All the show was presented to listeners as though it was live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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