Sibelius

If the station wants to drop the programme then there's nothing you or I can do to stop them. When the football comes back on in August/September that will take precedent - it always has done and always will do. HOWEVER as I've mentioned before - WRITE, EMAIL, TELEPHONE, make yourself heard, make your views known but don't wait until the LAST programme - do it after the FIRST programme and then again the week after and the week after that. Make a point of telling Mike Shaft what part of the programme you enjoyed so he knows you've listened to it. If Ali has a competition then WRITE, EMAIL, or PHONE IN with the answer even if it's the wrong answer because letters, emails and phone calls equals LISTENERS. One programme that's been long gone used to make up winners because nobody wrote in at all for one competition.

BBC GMR Switchboard 0161 200 2000 (Say that you want to leave a comment about the folk programme on GMR and see if they know what you're talking about - always a good one that - then say you think it's Mike Shaft you want to talk to and they should put you through if he's there.)

GMR Phone-In 0161 228 2255 (If the lines are open for the programme)

Email Mike.Shaft@bbc.co.uk

Write
Mike Shaft
BBC GMR
PO Box 951
Oxford Road
Manchester
M60 1SD

If demand is great enough they MAY find another slot.

Ali - Thaks for the comment about the CD. Hope the rehearsal went well for you.

Mark