SIR - As an early riser at 5am one of the milestones in morning listening is Radio 4's the UK Theme. I'm sure other early risers use the national folk tunes as a morning rallying call, and the new management's intention to replace it with the spoken word after more than 30 years will cause outrage. I hope other readers will join with me in asking the new controller at Radio 4 to think again.

JENNY BARNES,

Worcester.