Save BBC 6Music

Hello everyone,

Apologies if this is in the wrong section but I think this matters to anyone who likes music.

As some of you will know the BBC has plans to close 6Music as part of a crap way to try to please a potential tory government. I listen to this station everyday and to me it is pretty much the only radio station worth listening to (unless I'm after a bit of classical music). It has great presenters who know their stuff (now George Lamb has gone) and a fantastic range of new and old music from just about any genre, it manages to champion new bands without the juvenile attitude of stations like XFM (which used to be good about 10 years ago). There are great sessions recorded at the BBC over the last 40 years that you just won't hear anywhere else. They reckon Radio 1 & 2 can cover the content, what a load of balls, Radio 1 is unlistenable crap and Radio 2 is too "armchair & slippers" for me personally. This station is the only station that carries any of the spirit of the late, great John Peel.

If you've never heard it have a listen, it's a digital station so you'll have to listen on DAB or your TV box or on-line http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/

Sign up to this petition if you fancy helping out, it's early days yet as all this only started yesterday but hopefully it will make a difference.

http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/1000/

There's a facebook group too http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27...7586582..1

Complain directly to the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/

If you want to read a bit about it look here http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblo...bbc-6music
or just look at any search engine.

Make your voice heard.

Pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.

Cheerio!

 

much as i know it will be missed, i would rather save FM

 

I beg to differ. I think a part of the problem is that Radio 2 has moved too far away from that and now they are trying to bring it back to what it was and give it some identity.

But that cannot happen while they still insist on employing that inane buffoon, Chris Evans.


Also agree about DAB vs FM - very bad move.

 

I'll drink to that! :beer:

 

I'm appalled at the suggestions doing the rounds about impending cuts to the BBC.
The entertainment value, when you factor in the television channels, radio and online services is superb for the licence fee.

Take your licence fee and determine how many concerts, events, films etc it will cover. I'd expand the BBC services further, not contract them even if that means increasing the fee.

On FM, I'd like to see it continue but truthfully the answer lies in improving digital coverage and increasing bitrates.
Give us 256k+ radio and the pain of losing FM is easier to accept.

There is of course a green issue to consider - millions of perfectly good analogue radios out there will end up in landfill.

Rob.