BBC radio station yanked off air mid-show as host replaced in last-minute chaos

BBC (Image: Getty) A BBC radio station was forced to interrupt broadcasting due to a fire alarm this morning. BBC Radio Merseyside was taken off air, and replaced with sound waves from BBC Radio Lancashire instead. Kevin Duala normally wakes up Merseyside from 6am, but he was replaced as Radio Lancashire and Graham Liver took over instead.

Introducing the show, Graham told listeneners: "Good Morning, I'm Graham Liver. If you're listening on BBC Radio Merseyside your normal programmes will resume very shortly." A little while later, the radio station host explained: "There's a fire alarm in Liverpool , so as we speak, Kevin is outside waiting to get in.

In the meantime, you're stuck with me." He added: "But don't worry, Kevin will be in your building very shortly." The show went on to give several updates throughout the morning, as Graham confirmed that the Merseyside team would be back on the air waves from 7am - Meaning that it had taken them a whole hour to start the show properly.

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