That's not to say I don't have some preferences for winners. I'd especially love to see John Suchet of Classic FM win Presenter of the Year, because I think he is a natural communicator and a real joy to listen to.

But Chris Moyles on Radio X, having a rant at the Arqivas because he wasn't nominated. There's lots of words I could use here, but it comes down to one thing. That guy has always believed his own publicity. He declared himself "the saviour of Radio 1" and whilst he is and always has been a good presenter, I have never thought of him as particularly great or standout, and I'm afraid that his ego may have gotten the best of him here.

Now, I think the writer is being somewhat harsh when he calls it "generic, robotic, soulless pap", but I definitely think that modern commercial radio is generally, soulless. You don't get much of a sense of a soul from most modern commercial radio station.

And yes, I know these are businesses and they have to make a profit, and all the other excuses that we constantly hear from supporters of modern commercial radio, but does it have to feel so soulless most of the time? Does it have to feel so inhuman at times? Even some of the presenters feel like they've had personality transplants, and that doesn't help the soullessness that comes across so much of the time.

This is something that community radio suffers from a lot less. Those stations that are programmed by humans, rather than computers, really sound much more like they have a soul. Even those that are programmed by computer, often feel like they do have a bit of a soul, due to the fact that the presenters are not trying to be perfect, unlike their commercial counterparts.

Given the choice between soulless perfection, and a more human sound, I take the more human sound every time.

However, it looks like Pirate 2 is on the way out.

The DAB identifier on my radios has changed from Pirate 2 to Pirate FM, and the dents and jingles which had been used to identify Pirate 2, have disappeared from the DAB output, they're now using Pirate FM sweepers and jingles.

However, the Pirate 2 website is still online, and last night at 7pm, they did play "The Business Hub". So it looks like Pirate 2 has literally become an opt-out of Pirate FM on DAB rather than a full time station that sounds almost exactly the same as Pirate FM.

This feels like a fudge. In radio terms, £15,000 is no money at all. It's like they've taken a baby step forward and community radio needs a giant stride. It's in the right direction, but it's nowhere near enough.

They missed an opportunity today, to make fundraising a bigger part of the picture, and to remove the limit. Mandating community fundraising, and even encouraging it, with a scheme to match funding of community fundraising up to a level of, say, £10,000-£15,000 per year for the next 5 years or so. It would be a drop in the government's ocean, but it would make a difference to community stations, in the same way that Gift Aid has made a big difference for charities.