Steve Allen, a seasoned broadcaster, has announced he will leave the LBC radio station after 44 years.
The 68-year-old tweeted on Friday that he would be leaving LBC as soon as his contract with the broadcaster expired.
"I want to express my gratitude to all of you for listening over the past 44 years; it has been both an honor and a privilege. ".
The station's longest-tenured host was thanked by a Global representative for his "enormous contribution.".
According to a statement released on Friday, "Steve Allen is stepping down from LBC today. Steve's contract with LBC is up soon.".
"We thank him for the enormous contribution he has made to commercial radio over the past 44 years, making him one of the UK's longest-tenured radio broadcasters. ".
Allen began his career as a DJ for nightclubs before broadcasting to employees at United Biscuits factories across the nation.
His most well-known work as a presenter of the early breakfast show, where he discussed news items from the previous day's newspapers, began when he joined LBC in 1979 as the host of the Night Extra program.
Along with his live radio work, Steve Allen also recorded his Steve Allen In Conversation shows and performed his "audience with" stage show while on the road.
So You Want to Be a Celebrity? was the title of a book he published in 2015.
In 2021, the broadcaster received hundreds of complaints for comments he later privately apologized for making about Strictly Come Dancing contestant Tilly Ramsay.
