well take a look at RTE,It is a state run company it uses adverts,and it promotes folk music .
the BBC needs to take agood look at itself .
the BBC used to have a remit,to be educational[check out Reith] .Iunderstand perfectly well what the bbbc is /was and has noew become,
Subject: RE: should the BBC folk awards be scrapped
From: GUEST,John from Kemsing - PM
Date: 18 Feb 09 - 12:12 PM

Absolutely right DMcG. The advertisers would demand even more banal programming to attract the audience they seek and that certainly would not include items for folk music enthusiasts.[can you prove this?]
so why are RTE able to do it ,remember the population of Ireland is much smaller, so less licence payers .