BBC London's A World in London, which boasts a unique mix of artist interviews, eclectic mixes of new and classic global and UK folk music, CD reviews, and the Going Global diary, and Radio Derby's award-winning Folkwaves, both face the chop at the end of 2010.

MU Assistant General Secretary Horace Trubridge says he is concerned the two programmes face the axe with little consultation.

Trubridge adds, "According to its remit to support minority and specialist music, these are the ...