Big Al,

That's the best idea I've heard in a very long time. One or two channels devoted to folk music of all kinds would be like having a year round festival at the push of a button.

I can see a few difficulties tho'. You would need a vast number of dedicated folk to front the individual programmes, to avoid the old problem of getting into a rut defined by their personal preferences.

You would also need to establish, from the outset, that there was to be no war among the participants about what is, or isn't, folk.

That said, the very idea is exciting, and I would certainly volunteer to get involved after I retire next February.

Now, does anyone have an idea how one might achieve this? I understand that the US have public access TV, which might offer possibilities that side of the pond, but the UK broadcasting scene seems to be a completely closed shop.

Comments from people actually involved in broadcasting would be very useful at this point. Over to you folks.......

Don T.