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Allan Lake calls disabled boy a spastic Live on air. On the phone to him.
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Allan Lake who has his own radio show on the internet last night called one of his old regular callers a spastic live on air over a small incident which got allan lake jelous.
Tom a caller who has difficulties and has a disability called up allan show just to say hello. Sam "allans co host" then said Hiya tom. We got a special offer for you, Would you like to do your own one hour radio show here on the station?
Tom then replied i cant because somebody else has offerd me to do one on their station. Allan then said which station? Tom said I cant say.
Allan then said that tom needs to tell him or he will never talk to tom again. Tom then said who. And allan went mad hung up on Tom and then called him a spastic live on air.
I'm not being funny but that is so dis respectful and has probably really upset tom.
I am going to upload a recording if you want to hear it please reply and let me know so i can send you the link.
Whats your opinions ?
Tom a caller who has difficulties and has a disability called up allan show just to say hello. Sam "allans co host" then said Hiya tom. We got a special offer for you, Would you like to do your own one hour radio show here on the station?
Tom then replied i cant because somebody else has offerd me to do one on their station. Allan then said which station? Tom said I cant say.
Allan then said that tom needs to tell him or he will never talk to tom again. Tom then said who. And allan went mad hung up on Tom and then called him a spastic live on air.
I'm not being funny but that is so dis respectful and has probably really upset tom.
I am going to upload a recording if you want to hear it please reply and let me know so i can send you the link.
Whats your opinions ?
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I mean it sounds pretty heartless, but then this is the arse who's ****ed up every chance they've been given.
I really don't care - hes a total nobody, pissing around on internet radio like i got bored of 6/7 years ago because hes incapable of sticking within ofcom rules.
My opinion is that only a complete loser would care...
For Allan's sake, I hope any prospective new bosses of his don't hear the recordings.
I just think saying on the air
"We only want you on the radio cause it would be funny to have a spastic do a show" Is wrong.
It all depends on the sense of humour one has.
That's the beauty - and ugliness - of an unregulated medium. Don't like it, don't listen. That's the risk you run when you tune in to something branded specifically as having the potential to offend.
I'm sure he's enjoying the publicity regardless - controversy is what stations like No Rules Radio thrive on.
It is possible to be disabled and have a joke about it from time to time!
Yeah it's internet radio & allan can do what he wants. But he fired one of his DJ's Just for lying to the listeners about a guest as a joke.
Yet he goes and bullys a guy with disabilitys?
It's just disrespectful and not on!
1) it's not on "air" anywhere
2) it's not on the radio
3) no one listens
And this isn't someone talking "PC crap" as one poster put it - it's a so called broadcaster going for the lowest of the low in every sense.
Thankfully very few people would have actually heard it - and the only publicity it's likely to get is on DS.
I can't believe there's any of these left are they:D
To call someone a spastic anyway is just plain rude. To me this doesn't make 'good' radio, or even 'edgy' radio, it's just someone who seems to have fallen off the rails a bit.
Allan has had advertisers bullied by people in chat rooms when he tried those on his station and could not be bothered to try and ban the culprits and then wondered why they did not renew the advertising contracts.
No it should not have been said, so simple and only answer is stop listening. And for Tom to stop phoning him.
i am not comfortbale wiv tom being used as a comedy prop and i hope he doesnt go ahead with the other radio show as theyre more than likely going to abuse him in the same way
He's an idiot. I've heard him at all the stations he's been on. He wants to be Stern, he will never be Stern. Howard is a one off. He's been in the business for over 10 years and still managed to not understand the basics. The Absolute situation being the most blatant moment of idiocy. It doesn't help that he's surrounded by people who don't get how radio works (I'll remove Polly from this, she seems fine)
Fair play for having a go on your own Allan, credit to you for setting up and giving it a go, but with stuff like this you'll never get a gig at another FM station, which is bound to be what you really, really want.
Take stock, think about what you're doing Allan and just leave it be. Maybe after this long you'll have realised that this isn't the profession for you, go into production or something else where your 'edgy' stuff may get used better
Using him as a comedy prop? What does that EVEN mean?
Well if you don't know that probably explains why you've made the kind of comments you ahve so far.
In this case, the term refers to deliberately using a caller - and in particular his disability - to make what the presenter believes to be an amusing bit of radio.
If you still don't understand it I'd give up any hopes now of ever working in the indsutry.