Sally Austin from Spirit FM made it very clear that the folk music programme was losing them listeners. We may not like it, but that's the commercial reality.

Any minority interest is going to find it difficult to compete for airtime. Fortunately we now have the internet which makes it possible for minority interests to "broadcast" to their specific audiences.

The problem I find is that I don't want to listen to radio at the computer. I do most of my radio listening in the car, so for me a download/podcast facility is a prerequisite. The PRS question does not prevent podcasts, licences are available from PRS-MCPS, so presumably the issue is over the cost of these licences. If PRS-MCPS are pricing their licences too high they doing their own members a disservice by discouraging the provision of the service.