"MH has to conform to the BBC edict of "follow-through" which means conning the listener into believing that the MOR trash played differs not a lot from the rest of the network's output."
But of course. Radio2 plays Classical music for those who are not up to Radio3. It plays Pop music for those not up to Radio1.
Its a long long time since I heard Border Ballads on Radio3 but it did happen!