Perhaps a few emails in Michael Grade's direction...?

It would seem that the Beeb are twisting the remit of their charter - and we are their employers via the license fee.

Why, oh why, oh why (to coin a phrase!) should they be allowed to turn all local radio stations into 'chat-based' garbage that most intelligent people won't want to hear?

I thought the renewed charter was granted with the proviso that they concentrate on 'quality programming' and 'entertainment'. Chat doesn't really fit in either category.

There was a time when the Beeb led the way...