Yorkshire Folk Radio
We believe that BBC local radio has a duty of care towards all itslisteners and that by axing Henry Ayrton's Real Music Show and therebyremoving all folk programming from the four BBC Yorkshire andHum... continue reading »
"Please could you reconsider and reinstate the folk programme so ably run by Henry Ayrton and which serve the folk music community so well."
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"Folk is actually becoming more and more popular at the moment - so it's weird that the bbc doesn't support folk in this very folky region."
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"There have been many enjoyable TABLOID folk programmes on radio (with their "top tens" and such like), but this was the true BROADSHEET one. There was real mental food there. I have received a long and intelligent letter from Phil White at Radio Humbersid"
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"As a lifelong folk fan I think it would be a disaster to loose any local folk radio prog. such as H. A.'s Real Music Show."
"There's not enough Folk on the radio as it is, so to cancel one of the best is ludicrous. Get a grip BBC !!!!!!!"
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"This is an excellent show, keeping traditions alive and providing a platform for young up and coming performers"
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"Though I am not a resident of the United Kingdom, I believe it is vital to keep folk roots strong in places like Yorkshire so as to provide a stronghold to support folk music in places like my home country, New Zealand. This is a serious issue for those o"
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"A South Yorkshire banjo player"
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"Little enough attention is paid to 'English' culture in this Country, if the BBC can devote a whole network to Asian listeners, (which I don't have a problem with), they ca devote some small attention to our own cultural needs."
"I used to listen to Henry Ayrton's programme on Radio Newcastle until they regrettably stopped broadcasting it."
"This country needs it's folk heritage to be kept alive, also via Radio"
"It beggars belief that at a time when folk/roots music is at its most popular for decades that the BBC in Yorkshire has decided to axe this particular show..It is well worth reminding the decision makers at the BBC that we are a substantial sized minority"
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"This programme,and the rockabilly one broadcast before it, was my favourite radio show, and is being sadly missed."
"Folk has a special historical impact on our society. It is just as important as the preservation of any other aspect of our cutural heritage. Contemporary folk also needs a voice, and those song writers brave enough to devote themselves to an art which is"
