The policy described above is a logical continuation of the anti- Scottish agenda now being pursued by BBC 'Scotland' where news items seem to be selected on the basis of how best to damage the SNP. That's politics & arguably 'below the line' on mudcat?

However, if it is affecting the indigenous (not just folk) music of Scotland that is an attack on our culture, and not to be tolerated.

There are still 'mainstream' and established trad music programmes on BBC Scotland but BBC bias seems to be registering with people- fewer than 7000 viewers watch the main BBC Scotland news & it's being re-jigged, not surprisingly! But if the grant-awarding bodies have this attitude too, I'm afraid it only confirms the way things are- sad but true, as Jack Campin says