Melbourne community radio station Triple R have apologised to Melbourne based PR director Charlie Goldsmith after musician Raph Brous called him a “knob jockey” on air.
Brous, author and frontman of Melbourne band Teenage Mothers, made the comments on a late night program on 2 August. He also is alleged to have also called Goldsmith a “turd burglar” and an “Aryan ubermenschen par excellence.”
Goldsmith sued the station and Brous for defamation, prompting today’s apology.
“Businessman Charlie Goldsmith has today accepted an apology from Melbourne community radio station Triple R after the station unwittingly broadcast defamatory statements about Mr Goldsmith during an interview with a guest on a Triple R late night music program on 2 August this year," the station said in a statement.
“During that interview, the radio guest Raph Brous made various unprompted unacceptable statements critical of Mr Goldsmith. Those statements do not in any way reflect the view of Triple R.”
Triple R Station Manager Dave Houchin added, “Triple R unreservedly apologises to Mr Goldsmith and its listeners for the adverse comments made about him. It was a regrettable incident that the station has taken seriously and has resulted in review of our training practices to ensure that an event of this nature does not occur again.”
