Mike Harding got the boot because he was too boring. I heard it from the "top" - MR was brought in to inject some new life into a dulling show - it's as simple as that. The manner in which he was given his notice raised a few curious eyebrows, although to be given twelve weeks advance warning that your one hour long weekly show is ending (broadcast, incidentally, through an ISDN link from his house in Ireland) is a lot more than some people get these days. The music scene has always changed and evolved. Progress?