Steve West said:

adverts annoy listeners!

Agreed and understood. We know that something like a weekend LBP can be operated on pocket money without advertising and can be a good way for enthusiastic and dedicated people to put together some creative programmes as a service to listeners. I wish there were a few more people doing that in the present situation today. In some ways it makes so much sense to focus on that option rather than others that folks seem to go for.

Anything larger (such as anyone attempting a new offshore venture for example) would need to be able to raise substantial amounts of revenue, and adverts would become part of the price that listeners would have to pay.

I also find myself wondering, given that Big L were stuck with the Trintelhaven transmitter, would it have been possible for them to survive financially if the station had been run and managed in a different way. What do you (and others) reckon?

Furthermore, whilst it is an admirable and wonderful thing that people who run LBP's are willing to spend their own money to entertain people, do the panel believe that it is in any way wrong or "sinful" for people to want to actually use their talents as broadcasters in order to EARN money?