TalkSport presenter Alan Brazil has been ruled to have broken broadcasting rules with comments suggesting a rat infestation in Glasgow was the fault of Asian immigrants.
The radio station's breakfast show presenter and former footballer made the comments during a conversation with fellow host Mike Graham.
Brazil said that "things have changed" in the Scottish city, where he hails from, and there are now newly arrived people "from Asia" in the city.
The former Manchester United and Scotland international forward related information from an acquaintance, saying that these new arrivals were to blame for a rat problem.
Brazil has been found in breach of Ofcom rules regarding the broadcast of offensive material with the watchdog saying the comments "fell short of accepted standards" and "had the potential to cause harm and offence."
He said on his morning show: "Talking about that, I don't know if I should say this. I was talking to someone the other day and he came down from a part of Glasgow, in fact where my school was.
"And things have changed. Parts of cities have changed. Because different people move in. And there's a lot of people there let's say from Asia - you know from that part of the world.
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"But they don't, with rice and stuff, they don't, they don't store it properly. And he was saying, he's social housing this guy, and he said you can't believe the rat infestation we've got there.
"What do you mean - how? And he was telling me people just a little bit ignorant when they come in, it's a little bit damp and stuff like that, and where they store the food and stuff, he said it's horrendous at the moment."
Ofcom has decided that despite a tradition of shock-jocks, the right to free speech and Brazil relaying information from a third-party "someone", the material should not have been broadcast.
The watchdog found that the broadcast breached rules requiring material to be justified by its context and audience expectations.
TalkSport told Ofcom that "there was absolutely no intent to cause any offence".
A spokesperson said: 'We accept Ofcom's rulings - it's never our intention to offend listeners.
"We have taken actions to limit the offence from these comments including deleting the content from the "Listen Again" feature and refreshed our compliance processes."
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