Radar Radio has suspended broadcast until further notice following sexual harassment accusations leading to a mass exodus of staff, including Australia’s own Strict Face.

The popular London station has been at the centre of up-and-coming music in the UK for years, however toxic masculinity has been an unspoken, underlying factor in the environment for some time now and has finally been aired.

Former Radar Radio producer Ashtart Al-Hurra published a blog on Friday titled ‘I’m a Woman of Color Who Was Mistreated at Radar Radio‘. In the post, she details the mistreatment of herself and staff at the station and touches on the statement made by DJ collective Pxssy Palace who have also parted ways with Radar.

She says “I was a fan (of Radar Radio) not only because I’m a huge music nerd, but because I’m an angry brown woman who grew up in the ends. I heard voices like mine on there, chatting shit about colonialism and calling people out for their bullshit. How was it that down the line, it turns out the place is owned by a rich white dude (Ollie Ashley) whose dad (Mike Ashley, owner of Sports Direct) exploits people like me and my family every day on a huge scale? Mad.”

“At times when harassment took place at the station itself, I notified whoever was in charge. For some reason, nothing ever really seemed to come of this. Most of the time, though, I was victimized while out at events, but by Radar DJs. To me, this was an industry issue, not just a Radar issue, so I took to Facebook to complain.”

Radar Radio today responded to the accusations in the way of a brief post on Facebook. See their post below:

Personally, we are disgusted by this news, and fully support all staff at Radar Radio who have been mistreated. This is simply not right, and action needs to be taken. We will update this story as it unfolds, but for now, Radar Radio is silence.

See some Tweets on the matter below from radio hosts, artists and listeners alike.

In light of the recent news about Radar Radio, I can no longer continue my show and I’m leaving the station with immediate effect.

— ikonika (@ikonika) April 16, 2018

Due to the news that has come to light today regarding Radar Radio, I have decided to leave the station.

— Conducta (@ConductaUK) April 16, 2018

😔This is v disturbing https://t.co/H3ass8FcSh

— Bok (@bok_bok) April 16, 2018

In light of everything transpiring publicly and speaking to those close who have and will be affected by it all, I’ve decided I will no longer be broadcasting from Radar Radio.
Respect to those that have been apart of the journey thus far.

— Human (@RalphHardy) April 16, 2018

Building safe spaces for womxn in music has always been of the utmost importance to me. For this reason, I am no longer involved with radar radio. thank you for listening to my show it really does mean a lot.

— MARTHA (@MARTHAradio) April 16, 2018

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that the most important thing in this radar radio debacle is the poor girl who was abused. It’s not the time for “I told you so”

— JACKMASTER (@jackmaster) April 16, 2018

Radar Radio won’t suffer the consequences of their actions because people will continue to support them and work there. Sad cycle.

— tobi (@bobimono) April 16, 2018

I don’t normally do serious tweets, but in light of recent news regarding Radar, I will no longer be continuing my show on the station.

— Stricty (@strictface) April 16, 2018