Hey hey, my my, rock n roll can never die

[Dan_Dare]

Huzzah!

 

The BBC Trust has announced that "The case for the closure of 6 Music has not been made" and the station will remain open.

 

A vocal campaign to save BBC 6 Music from closure was rewarded today when the BBC Trust said the digital music station will stay open.

 

The trust said it was opposed to a proposal put forward in March by the director general, Mark Thompson, as part of a wide-ranging strategy review.

 

However, the BBC Trust said it would accept a formal management proposal for the closure of 6 Music's digital sister station, BBC Asian Network, provided that it included alternative plans for meeting the needs of this ethnic minority audience "in different ways".

 

It said 6 Music was encouraging the take-up of digital radio among listeners, describing it as a "highly distinctive" service that represents "value for money" and is "well liked" by its audience.

 

The BBC Trust said there had been "significant public support for the service" and that 78% of nearly 50,000 online responses to a consultation on the BBC's future focused on 6 Music. The trust also received more than 25,000 emails and nearly 250 letters about the station, "the great majority" of which opposed the closure plan.

Tabasco

 

Fantastic news. 6 Music is, to my mind, by far the best radio station on the airwaves and, aside from being criminally under exposed, is just about perfect.

 

[Cube]

That's awesome news! There's a BBC Radio 6?

[Dan_Dare]

also: +1 internets to whoever gets the title without using Google.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Cman, Dan. Too easy. Its a Neil Young classic.

[Jimbob]

Cman, Dan. Too easy. Its a Neil Young classic.

 

Needs to be a tad harder Dan, a great song none the less.

 

And good news for fans. Looks like we the people can make a change.

 

Now then, whats next we can change???

[Dan_Dare]

Good man.

 

[Mr_Odwin]

I haven't listened to radio since about 1992, when I would tape a couple of songs from the Sunday Afternoon Top 40 with my ghetto blaster.

Radio is dead to me.

[Dan_Dare]

You should check out 6 on a Sunday, Odders. Genuinely brilliant all day.

[Noodleman]

excellent now bring back adam and joe plz

[Platty]

Great news! I knew they would never be able to shut it down after the public outcry!

[dan-likes-trees]

excellent now bring back adam and joe plz

 

This. Also bring back Steve Merchant on a Sunday. Loved his show

[Dan_Dare]

That was a good show. I love how the weekend on six is basically taken over by musicians and specialists; it makes for some seriously educational listening. I find it impossible to turn off.