I love the way that most people are jumping on a bandwagon with BBC 6 Music. Personally, I only used to listen for Stephen Merchant on Sunday afternoons and that was it.
I love the way that most people are jumping on a bandwagon with BBC 6 Music. Personally, I only used to listen for Stephen Merchant on Sunday afternoons and that was it.
You don't have to consume something day in day out to support it. I don't use the bus every day but I would be mortified if my council tax was taken away from buses and redirected to creating cycle lanes or replacing street lights. Similarly I don't listen to 6Music all the time but knowing it's there means that I can rest assured that my bit of the licence fee is being put towards new music and a "real music" alternative to Radio 1. Hell, if I'm paying for Radio 4 which I NEVER use I may as well pay for 6Music.
You're right, I guess it comes down to opinion really but, licence fee aside, there are a lot of people who just support things just for the sake of it (certainly on Twitter) and it annoys me.
The BBC Trust said there had been 'significant public support' for the digital station and that 'the case has not been made' for its closure – but the Asian Network will be shut
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.
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.
For me, 6 Music sums up exactly what the BBC should be doing: distinctive, quality, good-value programming which wouldn't be viable in the commercial sector.
Personally, I think a better way to save money is to merge BBC News and Parliament, as well as merging CBBC and CBeebies.
and given Parli's remit, how exactly would you fit the news inbetween?
There is no need for the news to be repeated every hour if there are little or not changes. I'm not saying the remit would have to stay the same, but again, the endless hours of parliamentary coverage are in my opinion, not
always
necessary.
Personally, I think a better way to save money is to merge BBC News and Parliament, as well as merging CBBC and CBeebies.
and given Parli's remit, how exactly would you fit the news inbetween?
There is no need for the news to be repeated every hour if there are little or not changes. I'm not saying the remit would have to stay the same, but again, the endless hours of parliamentary coverage are in my opinion, not
always
necessary.
Personally, I think a better way to save money is to merge BBC News and Parliament, as well as merging CBBC and CBeebies.
and given Parli's remit, how exactly would you fit the news inbetween?
There is no need for the news to be repeated every hour if there are little or not changes. I'm not saying the remit would have to stay the same, but again, the endless hours of parliamentary coverage are in my opinion, not
always
necessary.
you don't think it's important for people in a democracy to see what their elected officials are doing?
It's not unimportant, but the channel receives on average a few thousand viewers. It's so low that BARB don't actually show them.
Arguably, it's exactly what the BBC should be doing, but given the size of the audience and that it's over 50% repeats, does it represent value for money ?
In these days of austerity, where cut backs are the new black and government departments facing between 25-40% reductions it's reasonable to suggest that the service could perhaps be delivered differently.
