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BOSTON - Mike Barnicle, who was forced to resign from The Boston Globe after being accused of fabricating a column, is headed back to work for a TV program on a Boston station.

Barnicle will return on Jan. 18 as a commentator and contributor to "Chronicle,'' said Paul LaCamera, general manager of WCVB-TV.

"Mike's distinctive voice and style have been missed,'' LaCamera said Monday.

Barnicle, 54, took a leave of absence from "Chronicle'' in August after he was accused of fabricating a column in the Globe. He also admitted never reading comedian George Carlin's best-selling book "Brain Droppings,'' which he recommended on Chronicle.

"In a spring 1998 episode, Mike recommended for summer reading, a book for humor which he later acknowledged he had not read. Mike has expressed his regret for this lapse, an apology which we have accepted,'' the station said.

Barnicle said he was looking forward to returning to Chronicle after a leave he took partly because of health problems. He recently had heart surgery.

"It's great to be back at Channel 5 after a few very strange months,'' Barnicle said in a statement.

Barnicle resigned from the Globe at the paper's request after accusations that a tear-jerker column he wrote about the families of two children suffering from cancer was partly fabricated.

Barnicle - the passionate voice of Boston's working class for 25 years - has maintained his sources for his 1995 column in question do exist.