@ Ralphie: I don't think the closure of the message boards is necessarily related. All of the Radio 2 and 3 boards (not just the World Music one) were closed ... I doubt very much that the whole of Radio 3 is for the chop. Interestingly the only music board left seems to be for 6 Music.

Is there any high profile politician that supports folk music who could be asked to assist in lobbying the Beeb? This programme isn't just a local thing, thanks to the net (in fact I think there are some international listeners like Conrad), and it's closure has much wider implications. I've sent in a complaint of my own ... but sadly, based on the happenings of the mid 1990's I suspect it's going to have little impact. (However, doing nothing at all, of course, has even less). :-(