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Thread #118525   Message #2570108
Posted By: Rifleman (inactive)
18-Feb-09 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: should the BBC folk awards be scrapped
Subject: RE: should the BBC folk awards be scrapped
Actually the BBC uses advertising on the "world edition" of their website, so it cannot be said the 'theBeeb' is entirely commercial free. Indeed I agree with DMcG in the statement regarding

"And what makes you think it is the remit of the BBC to *promote* folk music or anything else?"