BBC 6 Music to remain open 2010-07-05 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 9 Comments | The BBC Trust has rejected the company's plans to shut down its digital radio station 6 Music, insisting that "the case has not been made" for its closure.
The BBC announced as part of its strategic review in March that it would close its 6 Music and Asian music stations in order to cut costs. The move that was met with public dismay by fans and musicians alike as 6 Music offered a platform to underground and independent music while the BBC's terrestrial stations moved towards the mainstream.
The Trust, which oversees the running of the BBC various media platforms, ruled that 6 Music and the Asian Network could only be shut as part of a wider digital media plan that would accommodate their existing audiences.
It concluded: "The Executive should draw up an overarching strategy for digital radio. If the director general wanted to propose a different shape for the BBC's music radio stations as part of a new strategy, the trust would consider it.
"The trust would consider a formal proposal for the closure of the Asian Network, although this must include a proposition for meeting the needs of the station's audience in different ways."
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Coldplay likes this.
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Meh, I don't listen to radio anyway
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i only listen to sputnik recs
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best news in years 6 music rules
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"i only listen to sputnik recs"
Tool.
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can you somehow listen to this on iTunes Radio? I havent found it and I've heard people saying BBC 6 is pretty cool.. wanted to check it out
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huzzah! great news. even though I only listen to it for about 5 seconds at a time cos it's set as my alarm most mornings.
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this is great news for anyone who is a fan of new music, or old music that you've not heard before
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not gonna lie, I'd never even heard of it until they said they were shutting it down.
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