I've had a load of people today refer me to this "petition" they've now got going which is aimed at acquiring themselves a legitimate place on the FM dial.
Is it me or is this totally inimical to what Rinse FM is meant to be? i.e. a station that, entirely due to its illegitimacy, offers an uncompromising alternative to mainstream radio and its limitations by being answerable to nobody but its listeners.
I'm certainly not out to try to impede the success or commercial exposure of the artists that Rinse supports or the staff who keep the station running, but I will not be signing this petition. Rinse FM currently fill an important space that, if they went legal, would go either unoccupied, or at the very least, occupied unsatisfactorily.
Everyone else's thoughts?
Is it me or is this totally inimical to what Rinse FM is meant to be? i.e. a station that, entirely due to its illegitimacy, offers an uncompromising alternative to mainstream radio and its limitations by being answerable to nobody but its listeners.
I'm certainly not out to try to impede the success or commercial exposure of the artists that Rinse supports or the staff who keep the station running, but I will not be signing this petition. Rinse FM currently fill an important space that, if they went legal, would go either unoccupied, or at the very least, occupied unsatisfactorily.
Everyone else's thoughts?