Steve Allen has left LBC

I post on FB threads about Steve. I agree that he could be outrageous but i have listened to his podcast for years as his chatter sends me to sleep. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of oler pop music and knew a lit about London history. I did not take sny notice of his remarks about so called Celrbs but he was a great presenter for thosr hours in the morning and i was really upset that he left. I hsve downloaded a lot of his whole shows going back many years and i drift off to sleep. I will join the group that started this thread. I am not sure that Talk Radio would be be a good option as they have callers. I could listen to Clive Bull because i like him and was a regular listener of his in the past. I slso listen to Iain Dale and live his podcasts.

I have listened to LBC for many years, since it started. Although listen less and less these days.
Do enjoy Nick Abbott on Friday and Saturdays, but not so much his Sunday show.
James OBrien, yes, if I am indoors on a weekday morning
Enjoy both Friday and Saturday nights Legal hours.

When I used to be busy early on weekends I would occasionally switch on by accident and have Steve Allen - radio always turned back off very quickly Could not stand him.

My favourite times with LBC used to be when Clive Bull had the 11.00 pm slot most nights and with the Weatherman and his own producer (who could take over the show when CLive was absent - but left to become a Cabbie), Used to love those highly entertaining shows, part phone in, part expert guests amswering questions, most nights, always stayed awake far too late listening to this.

IF they would only get rid of that horrible Nick farrari, I would listen far more.

I'm very happy to find this forum. It seems a safe place I should start by saying I was a fan of Steve, now I'm not, I'm not surprised or particularly disappointed he's off air, but I wish him well, and I have some concern for his well-being. I have enough interest that I'd like to keep up to date.

I started listening to Steve nearly 20 years ago. Found him refreshingly different and entertaining. But, in the last few years he's changed, and maybe I have too ? Especially in the last year or two, I've only been able to listen for a few minutes before changing to something else. A lot of people here have eloquently summarized what he and his show have become, so I won't go into detail, Except to say there is one thing he did that annoy me that I don't think has been mentioned here That is - if he mentioned a news story about a person he had never heard of, he made that quite clear, indicating that if he had never heard of the person, they were useless, stupid and untalented. And many times, they were big names in music, TV, stage etc etc. I wonder how many of them had heard of him ? I think the fact that a petition has failed to get eve 5K sigs in nearly 2 weeks.

I've been in the 'legend' FB group for a couple of years, not to sing his praises, but just to keep track of controversies. I wasn't visiting regularly until recent events. But now most of the people posting are not accepting that he's no longer on air, and are determined to get him back. They seem to think he's got a profile and fanbase up there with the biggest radio starts in the UK, and by boycotting his timeslot, or even LBC / Global, that it will all come tumbling down.

I also joined 'the other' FB group made up of Steve haters, just to keep informed about what was going on. Bu I quickly found that many there are vitriolic and seem to want Steve to suffer and even die.

Then I found this forum yesterday, and as I said, it seems like a safe place, where I will find any news there is, if indeed there is any. I was really struggling with the two opposing FB groups, each one sharing posts from the other one. And last evening I left both of them, feeling a sense of relief

PatelMamood2

Things have died down a little on the ‘boots on ground’ front however receiving all sorts of cards/gifts from fans of these Facebook groups. Between myself, chemist, fishmonger and greengrocer we have 93 parcels and I’ve lost count of cards for his birthday. We’re united in saying that we will not be taking in anymore deliveries and instructing couriers and postal services to ‘return to sender’ as we can’t say when he’s set on returning to the area. Iceland and marks have even received gifts for him but they have separate protocols in place by destruction. We are only small shops trying to make a living yet our days are spent trying to find space to store all this stuff with no end in sight and yes some may argue we are a packing/sending company however we didn’t factor in the influx of packages to keep on-site for x amount of time. I have tried joining these groups however falls on deaf ears 👂 which has resulted in our joint decision to refuse delivery. I will keep you updated.

Nowt so strange as members of the public!

I hope you and your fellow business owners can soon get back to normal.

I too came across The Steve Allen hate group . It will be of no surprise they have posted comments from this forum. They have now made the group secret so it can’t be found in a search . There’s not liking Steve and I’m sure he doesn’t care about their opinions , but the nasty personal comments they make about his listeners are cruel and unnecessary. They seem to of now focused their displeasure of Steve to that of his listeners . They even join Steve related groups just to laugh at people who are generally sad Steve has gone . I have also left that group