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Rev-O said:Gotta disagree there Tony. The Licence Fee is the best value tax I pay -- the quality and quantity of BBC output is staggering.
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The airwaves need 6 Music as no-one else is doing that sort of thing, nor will fill its shoes if/when it goes.
Rev-O said:Gotta disagree there Tony. The Licence Fee is the best value tax I pay -- the quality and quantity of BBC output is staggering.
And 6Music (or "Sicks Mucus" as my wife calls it) really does fill a niche no other broadcaster could or would.
By drawing on its existing resources (archives, personnel, studios etc) the BBC can quite cheaply and easily create a radio station of enormous depth and breadth; it's all about the viability achieved by economy of scale and not being driven a short-term bottom line. Also, 6Music helps make other aspects more viable: the element of curating or cross-pollinating can only be good but also it means better use of resources and therefore more chance maximise what they've already got.
Rev-O said:It can be a bit teenage geek but mostly it's just a bit cooler (or at least less rubbish) than the pop pap we're fed on all other national and local stations. The airwaves need 6 Music as no-one else is doing that sort of thing, nor will fill its shoes if/when it goes.
I certainly won't insult you by doing a reductio ad absurdam on that one Tony, but it's striking that a glance at the Radio 2 schedules reveals a whole string of niches catered to during the week - big band, swing, folk, country, Alan bloody Titchmarsh admirers etc. The same applies to Radio 1 in the wee small hours. Assuming that 6Music does get binned, presumably some of that rather diverse material is going to have to find a home somewhere since it clearly does have an audience which maybe is miniscule in terms of a whole radio station, but significant in terms of 1 or 2 hour slots. I don't expect the BBC to cater for my musical tastes by the way, but as regards the 6Music listeners, they surely deserve a sop of some kind.antdad said:...it isn't the job of the Beeb to fill niches ...
Arrowhead said:Hopefully. I've been trying to reconcile Neu! with the idea of not being a hippy all day, but come on! Side 1 of Neu! 75 makes Gong sound bright eyed and bushy tailed.
antdad said:I'm not grumpy I just hate, so as you are all hippy's I just hate you all de facto.
Thought I'd better listen to 6 music for the first time given all the fuss and provocation...and well I thought so, you lot really are hanging onto your long lost youth for grim death aren't you?
I suppose its cheaper than a mistress or a shiny red sports car.
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