Folkiedave wrote And I am also available to listen on the internet/podcast - so it is not absolutely necessary to be within listening distance.

.... and that's a great service but it doesn't extend the listenership. The value of your terrestrial broadcast Dave, is that the people who listen before are there at the beginning of your programme to be enticed to stay listening (either by the content or seduced by your dulcet tones ;-)) ) Those people are not going to log on to listen.

My point, amongst all this thread drift, is that we don't need whistles and bells (unless they're integral to the music) to promote English folk music, we just need lots of opportunities for ALL folk music to be heard and have a good chance to include ours in the pool.