It would appear that the "instant gratification" generation has taken over Free Radio and microphones are too high tech for them. Since when is two or three tunes and some noise (SSTV) a "program"? Do they think that is worth the risk? Does *anyone* spend any time in the studio to produce something worthwhile any more?

The higher frequencies are pretty dead at the moment and 4 MHz is normally extremely noisy this time of year.