Wouldn't it be good if you could listen to the radio and discover some hitherto unknown artist who was absolutely wonderful? Wouldn't that be good for up-and-coming artists as well?

I believe it's funded by Rupert Murdoch. It's called MySpace. I'm sure that many more people listen to that than the BBC channels where they play the most folk & acoustic music (Radio 3, Radio 4 . . ., BBC 4 TV)

When people then get better known, the radar picks them up and they get things called "gigs", even put out things called "records" if they're actually seeking a career in music (many people don't). Then more radar picks them up and one day they get nominated for these things called "Folk Awards". I believe that topical man called Darwin called it "natural selection". Certainly beats conspiracy theories anyway.