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The BBC Radio 6 Music logo, 2007–2022. In February 2010, in anticipation of a review by the BBC Trust, newspaper reports suggested 6 Music might be axed. [28] The review stopped short of recommending closure but noted that only one in five UK residents were aware the station existed, and that it lacked presenters with credibility as music experts. [29]
BBC Radio 1Xtra: Black music, hip hop, R&B and dancehall. No BBC Radio 1 Dance: Classic, current and future electronic dance music, with mixes and archives. No BBC Radio 2: Adult-orientated music, country, jazz, soul and funk. Yes Yes BBC Radio 3: Classical music, jazz, world music, arts, culture and drama. BBC Radio 4
With the increased rollout of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) between 1995 and 2002, BBC Radio launched several new digital-only stations BBC 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music and BBC 7 in 2002 on 16 August, 11 March and 15 December respectively – the first for "new black British music", the second as a source of performance-based "alternative" music, the ...
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 February 2002 Additional sports coverage — — 12B 706 0131 908 — BBC Radio 6 Music 11 March 2002 Alternative music — — 12B 707 0120 909 — BBC Asian Network 4 November 1996 Station for the British Asian community MW 828 837 1449 1458 — 12B 709 0109 912 — BBC World Service 19 December 1932
2 February – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is launched. It is the first of five digital only radio stations that the BBC will launch in 2002. 11 March – BBC 6 Music is launched. 16 August – BBC Radio 1Xtra launches. 28 October – BBC Asian Network launches on DAB as a national station.
These include Radio 1's Big Weekend, Live in Hyde Park and In Concert for Radio 2, the BBC Proms (including the various "Proms in the Park" events), and the BBC 6 Music festival. Many of the BBC televisual music programmes and documentaries are now co-produced with BBC Music, with a BBC Music ident often being played between the regular channel ...
The Radio 6 Music show is presented live by Craig Charles and produced by Simon Hodge, Ben Appleyard and Ellen Orchard for TBI Media. All varieties of funk and soul music are played, from classic tracks to contemporary releases. [1] It is the longest-running show on BBC Radio 6 Music. [2]
1994 in British radio – BBC Radio 5 is relaunched as BBC Radio Five Live, the first regional commercial stations start broadcasting; Radio 1 stops broadcasting on mediumwave; First broadcast of Wake Up to Money, Up All Night, Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade, Julie Enfield Investigates, Lee and Herring and Alan's Big One and Last broadcast of ...