SAVE BBC 6Music
March 1st, 2010
It was in all of the broadsheets at the weekend and shamefully it seems that the Beeb is closing down the wonderful 6Music station. Where else can yopu listen to Captain Beefheart, Elmore James, Iggy and the Stooges and be introduced to great new music like Mumford and Sons or CSS while you’re eating your porridge at 6:30 in the morning. The station is loosely carrying on the good work carried out by John Peel. Lauren Laverns morning show is wonderful ( thankfully they gave George Lamb the elbow) and Stuart Maconie’s freek zone is unmissable.
My painting Khama is being seriously tested this year with the loss of Simon Mayo from 5Live to an uncomfortble drive time slot on Radio 2. Jonathan Ross is off and now the unforgivable news that 6Music is to be canned. This kind of specialist thing the BBC understands and does better than anyone and I can’t believe that they are going to pull the plug.
Here are some petitions:
www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consultation (this is the main one)
www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/1000/
www.facebook.com/pages/Save-6-Music/318069702319
www.facebook.com/group.php?wall&grid=278123313911
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