The comment from BBC Audience Services that the change in programming will allow coverage of breaking news and events such as snow is complete rubbish - most evenings the 9pm bulletin is identical to the 7pm one - there hasn't been any breaking news, and any station can opt out of folkwaves if there is a major local crisis (radio derby did this a few years ago to cover flooding) just as they opt out to cover local football. I hope that whoever got that response from the BBC will reply back to them and tell them that they are basically lying to try to justify their decision.

A more formal complaint could be made to senior BBC management on the basis that it is only English stations that are gradually losing their specialist music programmes - as far as I know there is no threat to folk music etc on Radios Scotland, Wales or Ulster.