Reaction as one of the BBC's longest-serving DJs, Tony Blackburn, says he’s been sacked
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One of the BBC's longest-serving DJs says he's been sacked. Tony Blackburn says the decision follows a disagreement about his evidence to an inquiry by Dame Janet Smith into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile when he worked at the BBC. Dame Janet's report will be published this morning. Tony Blackburn was the first presenter to broadcast on Radio One when it launched in 1967; in recent years he's worked for Radio 2. He's insisted he's "not guilty of any inappropriate conduct". Stephen spoke to Steve Hewlett presenter of the Media Show on Radio 4 and Charlie Beckett, who is a media professor at the London School of Economics
