The regulator, which received two complaints about the broadcast, said the \u201cvery significant inaccuracy\u201d and the \u201cconsiderable length of time\u201d taken to acknowledge the error breached two of its rules.<\/p>\n
One rule requires news reports to be accurate and impartial. The other requires significant mistakes to be acknowledged and corrected on air promptly.<\/p>\n
Radio Caroline told Ofcom the error occurred when a member of staff accessed sound files pre-recorded in the event of the monarch\u2019s death while carrying out maintenance on the studio computer, as the programme was being streamed remotely.<\/p>\n
The staff member played the files \u201cout of curiosity\u201d, which stopped the stream from the presenter\u2019s remote location and broadcast the files on air.<\/p>\n
The person then reportedly \u201cpanicked and left the premises\u201d after realising what had happened, according to the Ofcom statement.<\/p>\n
Radio Caroline said the remote presenter \u201cwould not realise that they had gone \u2018off air\u2019 unless they were monitoring their output via an internet monitor\u201d.<\/p>\n
The presenter, believing they were still on air, was not actively monitoring their phone and did not immediately respond to calls from people at the station who had noticed the error, the report said.<\/p>\n
The station said the person who played the files had been \u201creprimanded\u201d and had \u201capologised\u201d.<\/p>\n
It added the pre-recorded files had now been removed from the studio computer.<\/p>\n
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