Comments on: The wrong place to wield the axe http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-wrong-place-to-wield-the-axe You heard it here first Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Onions http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-wrong-place-to-wield-the-axe/comment-page-1#comment-4583 Ian Onions Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:38:26 +0000 http://amazingradio.co.uk/?p=593#comment-4583 I'm not so sure about the "publicity stunt" conspiracy theory angle. Otherwise why was such a blatant blackout imposed by the BBC on reporting the two protest rallies (both of which I attended) right outside Portland place? By the way, will Amazing Ambient be available on DAB? I’m not so sure about the “publicity stunt” conspiracy theory angle. Otherwise why was such a blatant blackout imposed by the BBC on reporting the two protest rallies (both of which I attended) right outside Portland place?
By the way, will Amazing Ambient be available on DAB?

]]> By: agroangus http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-wrong-place-to-wield-the-axe/comment-page-1#comment-2937 agroangus Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:40:05 +0000 http://amazingradio.co.uk/?p=593#comment-2937 I was going to write 'I couldn't agree more'. There - I have. I was going to write ‘I couldn’t agree more’. There – I have.

]]> By: Phil Hook http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-wrong-place-to-wield-the-axe/comment-page-1#comment-2862 Phil Hook Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:57:37 +0000 http://amazingradio.co.uk/?p=593#comment-2862 6Music may be popular, and I agree it plays the best output of all BBC stations, but, if the BBC has to wield the axe over its radio coverage, then something has to give. They aren't going to axe Radios 1-5 and their local radio stations (apparently) are there to serve a community and are pretty much set in stone, even though a few mergers wouldn't go amiss (just how many local BBC stations does Yorkshire need?) Unfortunatley, that leaves 6Music, 1 Xtra and the Asian Network; can you imagine the cries of unfairness if it were to axe 1 Xtra and the Asian Network and left 6Music untouched? This may not be the full answer but the BBC's political correctness agenda couldn't possibly allow these 2 stations to be axed and leave 6Music alone. <em>Hi Phil, Many thanks for the comment. I don't think the BBC has to lose a radio station, and I don't think it's about the cost. 6Music reportedly costs £7m p.a. to run. The BBC's annual income is £4bn. 6Music is not even a drop in the ocean. (As one newspaper put it this week, the cost saving would barely pay Alan Yentob's taxi bill). I suspect this is actually a political ploy, deliberately designed to provoke outrage (that's working), to show how much people love what the BBC does. Then the Trust will reverse the decision because of the public outcry. The BBC appears responsive to the public and the politicians get a reminder of how much public support there is for it. Clever, huh? </em> 6Music may be popular, and I agree it plays the best output of all BBC stations, but, if the BBC has to wield the axe over its radio coverage, then something has to give. They aren’t going to axe Radios 1-5 and their local radio stations (apparently) are there to serve a community and are pretty much set in stone, even though a few mergers wouldn’t go amiss (just how many local BBC stations does Yorkshire need?) Unfortunatley, that leaves 6Music, 1 Xtra and the Asian Network; can you imagine the cries of unfairness if it were to axe 1 Xtra and the Asian Network and left 6Music untouched? This may not be the full answer but the BBC’s political correctness agenda couldn’t possibly allow these 2 stations to be axed and leave 6Music alone.

Hi Phil, Many thanks for the comment. I don’t think the BBC has to lose a radio station, and I don’t think it’s about the cost. 6Music reportedly costs £7m p.a. to run. The BBC’s annual income is £4bn. 6Music is not even a drop in the ocean. (As one newspaper put it this week, the cost saving would barely pay Alan Yentob’s taxi bill).

I suspect this is actually a political ploy, deliberately designed to provoke outrage (that’s working), to show how much people love what the BBC does. Then the Trust will reverse the decision because of the public outcry. The BBC appears responsive to the public and the politicians get a reminder of how much public support there is for it. Clever, huh?

]]> By: Arthur Adams http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-wrong-place-to-wield-the-axe/comment-page-1#comment-2858 Arthur Adams Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:49:29 +0000 http://amazingradio.co.uk/?p=593#comment-2858 As someone who listens to both Amazing Radio and 6 Music I couldn't agree more. As someone who listens to both Amazing Radio and 6 Music I couldn’t agree more.

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