The BBC has been engulfed in yet another scandal as yet another star has announced his departure from the station.
Radio presenter Ray Clark is best known to be the voice of for his much beloved show on Radio Essex, however in a new post on X – formerly known as Twitter – he has revealed that he will be leaving he corporation. But in a parting shot, he fumed that management was continuing to change details relating to his departure.
He said: “I heard a year ago that changes would affect my BBC shows. Since, final dates have been moved and been changed with little notice. Still with no certainty about final dates, I am taking control. I will present my last show on 8th Oct I will still be on Caroline Be Happy Ray x.”
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As stated by the star, his fans will still be able to listen to his dulcet tones on Radio Caroline, which initially started as an “offshore pirate radio station”. However he was still quizzed by his fans online, where he cleared up more details when it came to treatment by management.
(Image: Rayradioessex/Twitter)
The star wrote: “Just to clarify, no, of course I don’t want to give up a successful & popular regional #BBC show, but to be told ‘you finish in January, no March, no June, no perhaps October’ is cruel and unfair. So, I’ve decided I’ll finish 8th October Thank you for listening. See you on Caroline.”
The corporation has admitted that changes to schedules of local stations were launched from Monday, September 4. And the disk jockey referenced the amount of fans who were concerned about future plans as he said: “28,000 people seem to be interested, not in me, but in the situation surrounding future plans for BBC Local Radio – what does that say about the plans?”
(Image: Twitter/@Rayradioessex)
This comes as another departing presenter slammed the BBC as she posted a censored clip from her last radio show on social media as she wrote: “The BBC have decided to cut out something I said on my final radio show today. Something that has always bothered me is when an individual has any kind of platform and they don’t use it to speak up for others at a time when they should.”
In her on-air rant she fumed: “Local radio is a vital public service. And it is my opinion that these drastic, sweeping cuts that are taking place to BBC local radio stations all across the country are not only detrimental to anyone that enjoys switching on their local station and hearing their favourite shows [but also] detrimental to the local communities who value and use it.
(Image: Twitter/@Rayradioessex)
She continued: “The BBC’s mission, as defined by Royal Charter, is to act in the public interest, serving all audiences… but I will say this how I see it – I feel the cuts are ableist, ageist and they place economic barriers for some people too.”
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