To those of you suggesting that "it might be worth drawing the attention of "the powers that be" to the numbers here," – certainly Mr Thomas is already aware of the Mudcat thread as he has replied to my posts placed here.

I can see that Radio Derby or even the East Midlands region is unlikely to be swayed by much of what has become a lament for the lack of folk music nationally on the BBC and, probably, any arguments put forward need to concentrate on the local nature of Folkwaves if they are to carry any weight.

It seems that Folkwaves has been providing what the national BBC stations have failed to do. More credit still to Mick & Lester but still no good news for us previously super-served minority.