Neil Gates is correct in his assumption that there is no "free radio", i mean a national free station that can be heard over the majority of the UK mainland, or for that matter over mainland europe on a MW/AM radio. If i had the resources to set a "free" station up on a ship in the South Falls Head, these would be my ideas of what it should be doing. Have a Nick Abbott type phone in request show and phone in, after 9 at night, comments of a topical or contraversal nature. Let people speak their minds, without being censored or cut off. Play a good mix of music and speech, where the dj/jock gives you the info about what he's playing and ask the listeners their choices too. Play as many unsigned new bands as possible, along side the classics, both hard rock and soft rock combined. If you have to have "the god squad" on for so many hours a day, so be it. With satellite and pc's ruling the world, and technology being what it is now, the station could be a truly two way thing, in every way. Thats my opinion, for what it's worth, all the best from Geordieland (geoff)