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To be fed up with LBC cancelling presenters with no warning

10 replies

SnowFairy2000 · 02/05/2024 14:55

Thry are like a mafia organisation

Sangita Myska
Andrew Castle
Darren Adam
Steve Allen

Whether we like tge presenters or not, it's an outrageous modus operandi- and none of the other presenters speak up

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KreedKafer · 02/05/2024 14:56
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ns87 · 02/05/2024 15:01

are they being fired or just contracts not being continued?

Reugny · 02/05/2024 15:04

ns87 · 02/05/2024 15:01

are they being fired or just contracts not being continued?

Steve Allen contract wasn't renewed.

Dotjones · 02/05/2024 15:05

That's radio for you. It's usually considered a luxury if a presenter knows their last show will be their last show, it's normal to find out afterwards that it was the last. Most radio jobs are very precarious because there are younger, hungrier and therefore cheaper people looking for opportunities.

Aquamarine1029 · 02/05/2024 15:08

SnowFairy2000 · 02/05/2024 14:55

Thry are like a mafia organisation

Sangita Myska
Andrew Castle
Darren Adam
Steve Allen

Whether we like tge presenters or not, it's an outrageous modus operandi- and none of the other presenters speak up

That's the nature of the business. Easy come, easy go.

Janjk · 02/05/2024 15:24

I didn't know they'd got rid of Sangita Myska but I used to find her unbearable to listen to so would switch off when she was on.

SnowFairy2000 · 03/05/2024 17:49

Just seems such an unprofessional way to run a media empire.... echoes of logan roy - people being "refreshed ' or " disappeared ' without notice - whether we like them personally or not.... so disrespectful to listeners and presenters

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SnowFairy2000 · 03/05/2024 17:50

These media folks have too much power too much influence

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Janjk · 03/05/2024 17:57

It's not unprofessional. Most presenters are freelance and will take a contract for a period of time. If they're not popular it won't be renewed. That's what happens when you're freelance (I am freelance in a different industry). As Boris Johnson would say 'them's the breaks'.

Skyellaskerry · 04/05/2024 14:07

Does LBC or other stations never consider the people who listen, and that, as supposedly leading Britains conversation not think that a wide variety of viewpoints is actually what makes a conversation! There’s a petition to reinstate her on change.org, I know it’s unlikely to have any effect, but it seems the only way to communicate listener opinion in this case. A terrible shame to lose such a journalist in my view.

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