Mike Harding sacked by Radio2

[fleetfootmike]

Just in case anyone hasn't seen this: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mike-harding--the-voice-of-folk-music-on-radio-2-for-15-years--sacked-by-the-station-in-a-single-phone-call-8215339.html

In a nutshell, the guy who's single-handedly dragged Folk on 2 up to about 10 times its listener base and has been a tireless advocate and champion of folk music on the radio and online (heck, he even plugged talis_kimberley!) for years? Just got dumped for no remotely sound reason in a 2 min phonecall.

I am more than a little unimpressed. 

Comments

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Folk doesn't count, as far as the powers that be at the BBC are concerned. They have Ronan Keating being sentimental and he used to be a pop star, so...
Compare this to the way jazz gets everywhere and any cut is met with howls of outrage.
We're a minority that don't matter.