Comments on: BBC 6 Music – Motion to be tabled

By: Steve Brown

Steve Brown — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:19:18 +0000

Well done for raising this motion. 6Music is always on in my house. It is the reason I bought 2 digital radios and an internet radio. What will I do with them now? What am I going to listen to that gives such a consistant quality of programming and music. What are the Britsh Internet/Digital Radio manufacturers going to do?

By: Mike Dixson

Mike Dixson — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:41:39 +0000

Hear hear.

By: Clive

Clive — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:37:17 +0000

I’m not one of your constituents but, if I was, you’d be able to count on my vote in the forthcoming election!!

By: Richard Hartt

Richard Hartt — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:07:20 +0000

Thank you for tabling this motion – hopefully this will get cross-party support as we know there are BBC 6 Music supporters from all corners of the House. Save 6 Music!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:08:54 +0000

Can anyone explain why no MP’s from the conservative side of the house signed the EDM. I don’t see it as a party political issue. My own MP (conservative) gave me a commitment of support – I sent him a link to the EDM but nothing. After my pressing he has agreed to write to BBC Trust – I think the conservative party whips need to be whipped!

By: Kevern Stafford

Kevern Stafford — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:56:13 +0000

The BBC has always been one of Britain’s outstanding achievements and 6 Music is a recent part of that. Shutting 6 Music is just another step in the dumbing down and commercialisation of broadcasting. If the BBC can’t support 6 Music then it is getting harder to understand whether the BBC really is something we can still be proud of, or whether those who continually knock the BBC on behalf of commercial ‘competitors’ are actually winning. It’s a very sad sign of the times.

By: Jerry Pike

Jerry Pike — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:19:06 +0000

Hands Off Radio 6 Music – the very best in music with best presenters. Utter madness even to consider it’s closure. Good luck Tom Watson

By: Matt Moran

Matt Moran — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:15:58 +0000

You know, if more Labour MPs were like you I could see myself voting Labour again, despite everything. Thanks Tom – you’re starting to restore my faith.

By: Chris Watts

Chris Watts — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:41:32 +0000

I fully support this motion. 6 Music is not only an excellent radio station that plays a diverse range of music that can’t be obtained elsewhere in this country, it is also a vital and supportitve platform for the many and varied artists that produce this kind of music.

In a time when music is being sadly and routinely homogenised by commercial broadcasting and record producers, 6 Music is indicative of the kind of diverse broadcasting that the BBC should stand for.

Paying the license fee for such endeavours is worthwhile. Paying it to listen to the same drivel I can get everywhere else is not.

By: Paul Tisserant

Paul Tisserant — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:09:47 +0000

Keep 6 Music. It is an important outlet for the music of unsigned bands and has no commercial analogue. It falls well within the remit of the BBC to educate and entertain by exposing people to music that they would not otherwise listen to. It is the embodiment of the spirit of John Peel. Please don’t kill it!