Justin Rollheiser asked: >What are your opinions on radio stations selling-out to pop? How often >does this happen in other cities? How can this be stopped from happening? In the UK there was Radio 3, strictly purist (OK, one jazz record requests on a Saturday), run and funded by the BBC which in turn is paid for by a license scheme. (In the UK we pay about?100 per year for the combination of BBC TV and Radio). No advertising, naturally. Radio 3 had a relatively limited but very loyal audience. Then a few years ago Classic FM, a commercial radio station with advertisements was started. I was one who poo-poo'd the idea, thinking it would end up with the worst of classical music interrupted by jingles. I am glad to say I was not entirely right; more to the point, its popularity keeps growing (get the latest audience research figures from them -- www.classicfm.com); and of course with Internet allowing broadband listening, that audience reaches some far-flung places. So not all radio stations have to go pop to survive - but at least something like Classic FM had a chance at a national (55m) audience rather than just local (1m) audience. CR