It looks like radio station BBC 6 Music is set to survive. Plans to close the music station were announced by BBC bosses in March, but today, the BBC Trust has announced that plans to shut the station are to be shelved, and the station will carry on. Not so lucky is BBC Asian Network, which [...]

It seems that the writing is on the wall for the BBC’s alternative music station 6 Music, as well as the BBC Asian Network, and the services may vanish next year. Director General Mark Thompson announced the proposed closure as part of a strategy review released today. There will also be a cull of a [...]

Welcome to March 2010, and to a new podcast. In this show, we get all Interactive at you  – hope you enjoy and get involved… Here’s what we look at in Show 49: News Updates: More Freeview HD, the end of 6 Music and a new phone from Puma. Focus: Getting more from your Mobile [...]

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As has been widely reported in the media in the last 24 hours, rumours are that the Beeb is considering axing digital music station 6 Music as well as the BBC Asian Network. According to the last audience survey, 6 Music pulls in 695,000 listeners a week (0.4% of all UK radio listening). Amongst those [...]