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A MARKETING consultant has complained that his comments made during a call to The Nolan Show have been deleted by the BBC.

BBC NI radio presenter Stephen Nolan clashed on air with Tim McKane yesterday morning in a dispute over how many times TUV leader Jim Allister appeared on the daily programme.

The short exchange has been shared widely on social media.

Mr McKane claimed that Mr Allister's regular contributions were disproportionate to the number of assembly votes he received.

He added that he appeared two or three times a week - which Nolan said was 'not factual'.

Mr McKane, who has worked in marketing and communication for four decades, also said the Nolan Show had been 'provocative' and pushed a hard-right agenda.

Responding, Nolan said he found the comments made by the caller to be defamatory.

'I am going to stop this call because I find that accusation outrageous. I am a journalist in this country trying my very best,' he said.

'My reputation as an impartial journalist, I will do everything I can to protect it and I find your comment outrageous.'

The exchange was removed from the show when it later appeared on the BBC Sounds website.

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One Twitter user said: 'BBC's Nolan Show edited this perfectly reasonable discourse out of their playback. Why? Because Tim asked pertinent questions that licence payers want to hear the answers to but that Nolan doesn't want to hear.'

Another said: 'This is how a publicly funded radio presenter treats the real people who call him out on the content of his show.'

Writing on Twitter, Mr McKane said: 'I have been edited out. For using the term “hard-right”? For asking how many times they have Jim Allister on the programme? For challenging them? Incredible.'

'If BBC Nolan is the biggest show in the country, it has a responsibility, not to get ratings, but to act impartially and be seen to act impartially. It is funded by us, and yet records are not kept of who appears. Might I suggest an Excel spread sheet?'

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The BBC was asked for a response.

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