The one good thing I have seen about Mike Harding he actual goes to festivals and believe it or not I have seen him talking to people so from that I assume he has a rough idea of what is going on.
I personally don't expect to hear who I like on the radio but I like many others support those acts when they are in my locality.
Mike Harding has a job to do and when we have all expressed our opinions wether for or against him, if the BBC decide they have had enough of his show it will go off air very much like Henry Ayrton did. A lot of people complained but the powers that be did not listen.
The young people do not compartmentalise folk like we the older genaration appear to, for them its either a good or bad tune in the idiom they like. A good example as I can give of that I know a lot of young players are using The Portland Collection like a bible at the moment with some cracking tunes coming out.Folk on Two is reflecting that idea at the moment.After we have all had our say we have all reflected our personal view's and that is what makes our music song & dance intresting
Keith