I am currently away from the UK and may have made this point before - but I do believe it is worth re-iterating and those of you writing emails especially to Michael Grade, might like to consider mentioning it.

In the early days of what people call the folk revival in the time of the mid-late sixties in particular, I and many others wrote to the BBC asking for more folk music on radio.

The answer we invariably got from the BBC was that the "real place" for folk music was on local radio - where it could reflect the community it served, their singers, their musicians and their tastes. Virtually all local radio staions had a folk programme indeed the one at Radio Sheffield was produced by John Leonard, now Smooth Operations /Mike Harding Show.

The history of amalgamations in two areas, Sussex and Sheffield areas is listed above, and those programmes are gone for ever.

The real disgrace is that people are not allowed to refer to the fact that the show is being axed. That just shows how confident they are that they have reached the correct decision.

But congratulations to those still flying the flag, there is loads of good stuff to listen to on the internet - and thanks for all the hard work the others have done.

Anyone got an email for Michael Grade?