What I find interesting about the people who seem to be complaiing about the awards are arguing with people who like Tom have been saying there are things wrong and things that need changing for years and have said so to the people who have power to change things.

Please - instead of arguing on here - lovely and opinionated as it is (!!) can I suggest you only do so once you have actually complained to the BBC and to its agent in these things Smooth Operations? Once you have woven your way through the labyrinth that is the BBC's complaints procedure and had a reply from Smooth Ops come back on here and tell us what they said in answer to the points you have made.

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Also whether or not someone opts to drive around the country all the time has nothing to do with it. It is what they offer to the listener and viewer that counts.

The fact is that if you don't drive around the country you are limiting yourself to your local area and thus what you offer goes no further than your local catchment area. Musicians tour - it is how they make their livelihood. I have never met a professional musician who didn't tour - of any genre.