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A radio DJ has lost his job after stopping the Queen's Christmas message, telling listeners it was boring.

Birmingham-based BRMB presenter Tom Binns cut short the speech during his live show on Christmas Day, saying: "Two words: Bor-ing".

The show was broadcast on BRMB, Wyvern in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Mercia, in Warwickshire, and Beacon Radio in the Black Country.

Mr Binns, who is also a stand-up comedian, said it had just been a joke.

The stations' owner Orion Media said a number of listeners had complained.

Mr Binns, who has previously been on BBC Radio 2 under the guise of spoof hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury, said he had received a death threat following what he did.

"They were just jokes," he said.

"We have got to allow some people to be upset without responding with a knee-jerk reaction. We've got to stop pandering to a small minority."

He added: "I knew beforehand I needed to take the speech off the air as I didn't know how long it was.

"I knew anyone who was interested in hearing what she said would be watching it on TV or listening to Radio 4.

"About 88% of the population had more interesting things to do on Christmas Day than listen to it."

David Lloyd, group programme and marketing director, said: "On Christmas Day, one of our presenters, Tom Binns, made some inappropriate comments surrounding the Queen's speech.

"We do not condone what he said in any way; whether said in jest or not. We are making contact with the small number of listeners who were offended by Tom's comments and have complained to us to convey our apologies, and have also apologised on air."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8434956.stm

How ridiculous

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after being involved in radio for a number of years now, i understand what he did was very close to the knuckle. and let's be honest, in most if not all stations some action at least would be taken. but what he said sounded just light hearted fun, and if it was enough to upset some people. then those type of people need to get something called a life, or get laid.

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It sounds to me like a publicity stunt. BFBS have pulled a few over their time. There's no way a part-time DJ would be trusted with a network on his own and I'm pretty sure they'd know that the Queen's Speech would replace the news on that day.

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i love how people judge radio stations that don't even broadcast in their area.

brmb used to be pretty decent in the late 90's and early 2000's, but since around 4 years ago it's gone badly downhill. i think it was taken over by another company, and now it sounds exactly the same as every other station they have. lots of network programming.

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and now it sounds exactly the same as every other station they have. lots of network programming.

I hate it when they do that, theres a REAL radio station near here which i despise. But I used to listen to Century radio when we went to my sisters in Lancashire which is fairly frequent but then suddenly Century was rebranded as REAL and theres a load of tripe on like on REAL radio at home.

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I hate it when they do that, theres a REAL radio station near here which i despise. But I used to listen to Century radio when we went to my sisters in Lancashire which is fairly frequent but then suddenly Century was rebranded as REAL and theres a load of tripe on like on REAL radio at home.

I kinda like Real. It would be much better without Debbie Lindley though

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