Reasons for proposed closure of Radio station 6Music

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Jonathan Rhind

I am seeking information on the proposed BBC cuts in service. I believe there is to be a public document that will explain the BBC's cost cutting proposals. Unfortunately I was unable to find this from the BBC web site. In the absence of such a document I am seeking from the BBC an explanation, with supporting evidence, for the proposed shut down of the 6Music radio station. I am interested in what were the deciding factors and against which measures these were made?

I am especially interested in the BBC's view on the role of following factors in the decision:
- Whether commercial competition was a factor and if so, how it influenced the decision,
- Current, trend and projected listener numbers of BBC tv and radio stations standardised against for the limited availability of digital radio services
- Cost benefits assessment of the decision. Please provide the actual business case that led to the proposal for cutting 6Music.
- The relative importance the BBC assigns to the various genres of programming on radio and why.

If this information is available elsewhere on the Internet as a single source and in full I am content to pointed to it.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Rhind

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Dear Mr Rhind
Please find attached the response to your request for information, which
has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000. The reference number for your request is RFI20100358.

<<RFI20100358 - Final Response.pdf>>
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John Booth left an annotation ()

cost cutting savings, just take it out of the ridiculous high wages for the obnoxious presenters you bore the public with on a regular basis.

Especially the ones who insult the public and are taking back on because they are in the "Old boys club clique"