UK Radio Station Apologises After Computer Error Triggers King Death Protocol
Station manager Peter Moore said a computer error triggered a monarch-death protocol, briefly cutting programming before Radio Caroline apologized to listeners.
- On Tuesday, Radio Caroline mistakenly announced that King Charles had died, interrupting normal programming to play 'God Save the King' before issuing an on-air apology.
- Station Manager Peter Moore stated a 'computer error' at the main studio accidentally activated the 'Death of a Monarch' procedure, which all UK stations hold in readiness.
- The broadcast ceased for around 15 minutes while listeners across the Midlands and South England expressed shock at the sudden false announcement.
- King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Belfast on Tuesday for a three-day visit, greeted by more than two hundred performers at Thompson Dock.
- Their three-day visit to Northern Ireland faces heightened security due to growing dissident republican activities, while the King continues public engagements following his cancer treatment recovery.
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A British radio station had to apologize in a hurry for announcing to its listeners that King Charles III had died on Tuesday, May 19.
King Charles III died, on the contrary, no excuses we were wrong. It really happened, it was not a macabre joke but a tragic mistake made by a local radio of the East of England: "Because of a computer error in the central study, the procedure that is activated in the case of Death of the Sovereign, what all the British broadcasters keep ready in the hope of never having to use it, was accidentally activated Tuesday afternoon (on May 19), errone…
Radio Caroline director Peter Moore apologizes to King Charles III and the listeners for the serious mistake of announcing his death due to a technical incident
Radio station apologises after mistakenly announcing King Charles’ death
By Enitan Abdultawab A UK radio station has issued an apology to King Charles III and its listeners after a technical glitch led to a false on-air announcement declaring that the monarch had died. King Charles III was incorrectly pronounced dead on Tuesday afternoon following what Radio Caroline described as a system error involving its “Death of a Monarch” emergency protocol. In a statement, the station manager, Peter Moore, explained how the i…
OMG! Radio Station Accidentally Announces King Charles Death - What Happened?!
OH NO. This is horrible!!! Anyone listening to Radio Caroline in Essex, England on Tuesday got quite the shock when their regularly scheduled music was interrupted to announce King Charles III‘s DEATH! What?!? Thanks to a clip from The Telegraph, you can replay the mistake. What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes was playing when the music cut out, and a man said: “This is Radio Caroline. We have suspended our normal programmes until further notice as a mark…
Radio Caroline, a member of the British BBC, caused panic when he issued, due to a computer error, the protocol for the death of King Charles III, when it occurred.The incident, which took place on Tuesday 19th - when Charles III, 77, and Camila were in Northern Ireland - has ended with apologies from the BBC. Radio Caroline, founded in 1964 - accidentally triggered his protocol of "death of a monarch." According to reports from the station itse…
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