Over the past week, BBC’s 6 Music facing the axe has caused quite a ruckus in the music industry. Record company bosses have stated it is a “vital platform”; David Bowie was reported to have said that “6Music keeps the spirit of broadcasters like John Peel alive,” (according to his management, Outside Organisation), “and for new artists to lose this station would be a great shame.” And let’s not forget the U-turn by the Conservative’s shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey – who last week welcomed the BBC’s package of cuts – has now changed his tune calling for the digital radio station 6 Music to be saved.
Well Mr Vaizey it would seem you may have been a bit late. During a briefing to BBC staff, Director General of the corporation, Mark Thompson said the earliest 6 Music and Asian Network will close is by the end of 2011. The BBC strategy review said that 6 Music brought in “relatively few unique listeners to BBC radio”.
Mr Thompson does not have the final say on these cuts and it is important to remember that these are just proposals that have to be approved by the BBC Trust.
These cuts come just a couple of weeks after the BBC announced it intends to release separate iPhone apps for both news and sport in April and intends to make these apps available to Android and Blackberry in the near future.
We at Poker PR have 6 Music playing in the office and can say it will be sadly missed if these proposals are passed.
A full copy of the 79 page report is available via The Guardian
David and Stephen Dewaele, the brothers behind @Soulwax and @2manydjs, have announced that they will launch a new Radio Soulwax website.
The new site will operate as an online radio station, playing a collection of mixes put together by the pair. David explained to 6music: “We’re making 24 compilations that will rotate. Each hour is themed in a way and they are going to rotate in such a way that you would never hear the same thing twice. We will launch it as an online radio station so people could have it for free.
The ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax’ series has always been a Poker PR favourite, with ‘Part 2’ being the standout. Any artist who can seamlessly mash up Dolly Parton into Rӧyksopp is a winner in our book. We, for one, shall be tuning in.
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