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   BBC Radio 6 Music named UK Station of the Year

   Digital radio station BBC Radio 6 Music has been named as UK Station of the Year at the Sony Award’s. ... Read more

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   UK - 15/05/2012

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   BBC 6 Music wins last minute reprieve

   A vociferous campaign to save 6 Music from the axe has succeeded in winning a stay of execution for the digital radio station after the BBC Trust agreed to review the alternative music stations fate.The BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson,... Read more

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   UK - 30/06/2010

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   BBC Trust spares 6 Music from closure

   Digital radio station BBC 6 Music is to stay open after the BBC Trust said a case had not been made for its closure.The BBC's director general Mark Thompson proposed closing the station as part of a wider strategy review put forward in March,... Read more

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   UK - 05/07/2010

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   Radio boss: Commercial sector will gain nothing from 6 Music closure

   Quidem CEO and former group operations director of GCap, Steve Orchard, on what the proposed closures of 6 Music and Asian Network will mean for the commercial radio industry.My old colleague Shaun Keaveny, the BBC 6 Music breakfast host, went on... Read more

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   UK - 05/03/2010

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   BBC strategist who leaked 6 Music closure plans is identified

   In February the BBC was embroiled in a row over the proposed closure of 6 Music and the Asian Network after an internal strategy document was leaked to The Times. The culprit has now been identified.The culprit was a senior strategist within the... Read more

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   UK - 28/04/2010

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   BBC 6 Music doubles listeners year on year

   An alternative radio station once threatened with closure can, ironically, thank its brush with death for contributing to a revival in its fortunes.The radio channel broadcasts a range of up and coming and niche acts which struggle to obtain... Read more

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   UK - 05/08/2010

   Media
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   Sky News, 6 Music, FIFA: Quotes of the week

   It's the week's media and marketing news from the mouths of those making the headlines. This week, Sky News, BAA and FIFA all drop into conversation..."The Trust concludes that, as things stand, the case has not been made for the closure of 6... Read more

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   UK - 09/07/2010

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   RAJAR: All time radio high and audience hike for 6 Music

   Radio listening in the UK has reached an all time high according to the latest RAJAR figures, which also show a near 50% rise in audience for closure-threatened 6 Music and commercial radio failing to make ground on the BBC.This figure is up year... Read more

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   UK - 13/05/2010

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   Analogue radio users to feel “pain” as BBC pushes digital

   The BBC, buoyed recently by an outpouring of public affection for digital radio station 6 Music, has announced the channel is to be twinned with Radio 2, Britain’s most popular station.The corporation is seeking to marry its five main radio... Read more

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   UK - 09/07/2010

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    Unions and music industry rally against BBC planned cuts

    The BBC's move to cut its costs through radio station closures has met with strong opposition.The cuts would see the closure of radio station 6Music and the Asian network as well as the suspension of half of its websites, a scaling back in the... Read more

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    UK - 27/02/2010

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