Station fined £75,000 after it let George Galloway breach impartiality rules on what it described as a ‘niche’ show
Rupert Murdoch’s talkRadio attempted to avoid a substantial fine for repeated breaches of broadcasting rules by arguing it had very few listeners, very few advertisers, and would face financial pressures if had to pay a substantial financial penalty.
The regulator Ofcom ultimately rejected this argument and imposed a £75,000 fine on the radio station, pointing out that talkRadio was ultimately owned by Murdoch’s News Corp, “a global media company with substantial revenue”.