Ali
Excellent news about the programme. This is a great opportunity to showcase the talent there is in the North West without forgetting national artists of course. One thing we can all do to help is contact the station saying how much we appreciate the programme when it goes on air. Letters mean listeners and the more letters the better as far as the station management goes who will no doubt be monitoring reaction.
The station address is

BBC GMR
PO Box 951
Oxford Street
Manchester
M60 1SD

You can email gmr@bbc.co.uk

Ali - will you be having an email address for the programme (I think The Parlour has its own address on there) and will the show be going out live or are you recording it first?
What's your record/CD collection like because I doubt GMR will have a vast collection of folk material. I remember when Red Rose did a folk programme, the guy who ran that had a very limited collection and ended up playing Bob Dylan and The Incredible String band tracks most weeks until myself and Pete Rimmer offered him the loan of some of our collection. If you need any help just say and I'm sure we'll be able to help.

Does the station put publicity blurb together for you? If so send it to all the clubs you can think of. If people don't know its on they won't tune in.

Don't forget to tell webmaster@folknorthwest.co.uk (me actually)about what's going on and I'll include details on the site. Will the station pay for adverts in magazines? If so get in touch with Paul Holden via www.folknorthwest.co.uk who will sort out a space in Folk North West for you.

There's a lot of people out here who want this show to be successful. If we can help at all please let us know and we'll see what we can do.

Good luck with the show

Cheers

Mark