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Veteran BBC local radio DJ David Lowe has resigned after broadcasting a 1932 version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On that contained the N-word.Veteran BBC local radio DJ David Lowe has resigned after broadcasting a 1932 version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On that contained the N-word.
Lowe said he had no idea the word was in the song recorded by the dance band Ambrose and his Orchestra when he played it during his Sunday night Singers and Swingers show on Radio Devon. He resigned after 32 years with the BBC after a listener complained and his offer of an on-air apology was rejected.Lowe said he had no idea the word was in the song recorded by the dance band Ambrose and his Orchestra when he played it during his Sunday night Singers and Swingers show on Radio Devon. He resigned after 32 years with the BBC after a listener complained and his offer of an on-air apology was rejected.
Lowe said he had been compelled to pay the ultimate price", blaming "today's unforgiving obsession with political correctness". Lowe said he had been compelled to pay the ultimate price, blaming "today's unforgiving obsession with political correctness".
Although later versions of the song dropped the word, the original lyrics featured the line: "He's been tanning [N-word] out in Timbuktu, now he's coming back to do the same to you." Although later versions of the song dropped the word, the original lyrics featured the line: "He's been tanning niggers out in Timbuktu, now he's coming back to do the same to you."
A BBC spokeswoman said the corporation would be happy to have Lowe back on air, and conceded that a conversation with him about the mistake "could have been handled better".A BBC spokeswoman said the corporation would be happy to have Lowe back on air, and conceded that a conversation with him about the mistake "could have been handled better".
The incident comes after the Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson survived calls for his resignation, when an unbroadcast clip surfaced of him stumbling over the nursery rhyme Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe. In a retake, he substituted the word "teacher" for the N-word, but wrote later that he has been given a final warning from the corporation that he would be sacked for making one more offensive remark.The incident comes after the Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson survived calls for his resignation, when an unbroadcast clip surfaced of him stumbling over the nursery rhyme Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe. In a retake, he substituted the word "teacher" for the N-word, but wrote later that he has been given a final warning from the corporation that he would be sacked for making one more offensive remark.