BREAKING: Capital FM has been hit with Ofcom complaints after DJ Ant Payne made a joke about the Turkey earthquake.
Ofcom has now confirmed in its weekly report that the organisation received over 500 complaints about the segment.
Between Tuesday, February 7 and Monday, February 13, a total of 567 complaints were lodged against Capital FM and Payne.supports HTML5 videoThe DJ had suggested that now was ‘the best time’ to get cheap flights to Turkey, adding: ‘Get your teeth done while you are over there.Around 41,000 people are believed to have been killed in the quakes across Turkey and northeastern Syria ‘Hi guys, I want to address the comment I made last night on the show. It was insensitive and ill timed.
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