There has been widespread dismay across the UK music scene today with the seeming announcement of the almost certain termination of digital broadcaster 6music. Interestingly, it was only a handful of stations that in the recent Radjar surveys improved listening numbers in the digital spektrum. But yet it seems earmarked for termination. The cost of 6music is about £6 million per year or equivalent to presenter Jonathan Ross' yearly wage. In percentage terms it comprises only about .0012% of the BBC's annual spend of around £4 billion pounds. This means it's axeing is more of a sybolic sacrifice, possibly a pre- concession to the incoming Tory administration in May, than for any substantive bugetary reason.
I urge you to make your protest heard directly to the BBC and to it's directors. It is a public entity and is accountable to it's fee payers. Please do join the protest group on facebook and again use the BBC website to register your complaint. For a comparison, the 51-member winter olympic contingent from the united kingdom cost £6million.
I urge you to make your protest heard directly to the BBC and to it's directors. It is a public entity and is accountable to it's fee payers. Please do join the protest group on facebook and again use the BBC website to register your complaint. For a comparison, the 51-member winter olympic contingent from the united kingdom cost £6million.
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