Radio presenter under fire over ‘unfair and deceitful’ broadcast

A RADIO presenter who put a council official live on air without his knowledge has been reprimanded by the Broadcasting Commission for being deceitful.

Talk show host Neil Prendeville, presenter of the Opinion Line, a morning show on Cork radio station 96FM/103FM, was also criticised by Cork City Council for behaving in a totally unprofessional and unacceptable manner.

The commission claimed the decision by the station to put a worker at the city’s Paul Street car park unknowingly on air to answer questions about delays exiting the council-owned, multi-storey building infringed the person’s privacy under the Broadcasting Act 2001.