The show may have a permanant slot now but it (and the other shows either side of it) still have to move out of the way when one of the local teams plays on a Monday night. Hopefully this won't be too often - depends on the whims of the people at Sky Sports!

Like Bernard said - the show isn't for mass appeal - it's a programme specialising in folk music in its many forms just as the country show caters for followers of C&W music (spits on floor). Ali has played a wide range of styles since she started the show and I'm sure as the weeks progress we'll hear the full spectrum of the genre - we even had Kate Rusby the other week and people moan at Mike Harding for playing her stuff (week after week admittedly!). If the Houghton Weavers start getting played that's the time to complain!

Anyway why are you talking about taking the programme off?!! It's not so much number of listeners as number of people who write in with (preferably good) comments to the station that keep the show in the mind of the managers. That's why it got the permanant slot in the first place.

Cheers

Mark