BBC Radio 6 Music logoBroadcast areaUnited Kingdom – Nationally viaThe place for the best Alternative Music: 12B: 707: 707(UK only): 0120: 909: 912First air date11 March 2002/OwnerBBC.HTTP Streams.HLS Streams.MPEG DASH Streams.WebsiteBBC Radio 6 Music (also known as BBC 6 Music or BBC 6) is a run by the, specialising primarily in music. It was known officially as BBC 6 Music from its launch on 11 March 2002 until April 2011. 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available only on digital media:, the Internet, and in northern Europe through the satellite.BBC 6 Music has been described as a 'dedicated alternative music station'. Many presenters have argued against the perception that the main focus is indie guitar music. The station itself describes its output as 'the cutting edge music of today, the iconic and groundbreaking music of the past 40 years and unlimited access to the BBC's wonderful music archive'. Since 2014 an annual music festival, 6 Music Festival, has been held in different cities around the United Kingdom and broadcast live on the station.In July 2010, the announced it had rejected a proposal by the BBC to close 6 Music to provide commercial rivals more room.
The trust commented that the station was 'well-liked by its listeners, was highly distinctive and made an important contribution.' In 2018, 6 Music was the most listened-to digital-only radio station, with an average weekly audience of 2.53 million.
Contents.History BBC 6 Music was proposed in October 2000 as a 'digital-only' radio station and named 'Network Y'. ('Network X' became and 'Network Z' ).The station opened at 7 a.m., Monday 11 March 2002, with a show presented.
At the start-up, presenters included,. The first record played was 's 6 Music attracted criticism for changing daytime schedules during late 2007 and early 2008. In response, Controller of and 6 Music at the time, said that the changes were intended to attract more female listeners. She claimed that 'men tend to be more interested in the intellectual side of the music, the tracks, where albums have been made, that sort of thing'. This in turn brought on more criticism of perceived sexism on Douglas' part.
A BBC Radio 6 Music studio in SalfordIn March 2006, BBC 6 Music moved from to new studios in the adjacent (then called Western House) to allow the regeneration of Broadcasting House.In 2011, BBC Radio 6 Music started the process of moving some of its presenters, staff, and shows from London and elsewhere to the new studios at in near. The studios are located on the ground floor of Dock House. Among programmes broadcast there are, and 's and ' shows. Proposed closure In February 2010, in anticipation of a review by the BBC Trust, newspaper reports suggested 6 Music might be axed. 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.
Claimed that, Director General of the BBC, proposed closure as part of a bid to scale back BBC operations and allow commercial rivals more room. A high-profile campaign to oppose closure of the station attracted media attention and led to '#SaveBBC6Music' quickly becoming a trending topic on Twitter. A leading voice in the campaign was, the lead singer for the British band who presented his own show on BBC 6 Music, Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service. A Facebook group set up by Jon and Tracy Morter to oppose the proposed closure gained nearly 180,000 members.
A campaign was launched to get the song ' by to No. 6 in the on 12 April 2010; it entered the Singles Chart that week at No. 56 and the at No. 3.reported that following the public outcry over the proposed closure, 6 Music would be rebranded as Radio 2 Extra, retaining a similar playlist but broadcasting for only 12 hours a day but Tim Davie, head of audio and music at the BBC, denied this was a possibility.Five months after rumours of closure first emerged, the BBC Trust announced that it was not convinced by the BBC Executive's plans and that the station would not be closed.In the first quarter of 2011 some BBC radio services, including 6 Music, were part of an efficiency review conducted.
His role, according to Andrew Harrison, the chief executive of RadioCentre, was 'to identify both areas of best practice and possible savings.' Suggested that this was due to 'commercial sector criticism' whilst cited a report.was actively circulating petitions challenging the BBC's plan to close down 6 Music. Nominations and awards Several of BBC 6 Music's presenters and shows have won. In 2006 presenter won a Silver award for The Music Radio Personality of the Year. In April 2008, comedy duo 's 6 Music won the award for Radio Programme of the Year. Also won the Sony 'Rising Star' award.
In May 2009, Adam and Joe won three Sony Radio Silver awards.Following the announcement that 6 Music was to be closed, Adam and Joe won the best comedy prize at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in May 2010, with winning the rising star award, voted for by listeners, for their 6 Music shows. Two years later, the station was named UK Station of the Year at the Sonys, with the judges citing its 'confidence across its schedule that not only reflects a real passion for music but also a firm understanding of the audience they are broadcasting to.'
Ratings and listenership In February 2010, 6 Music was reported as showing growth in its audience, winning an audience of 695,000 listeners, up 12.3% year-on-year. However, in the quarter to December 2009, its 'reach' (proportion of the adult population who listen for at least 5 minutes in the course of an average week) was 1%, and Total Survey Area share (of total listening time) was 0.4%.According to the BBC's service review of Radio 2 and 6 Music, published in February 2010, the average age of 6 Music listeners was 36, which it considered too low. The review implied that the deficiency in appeal to female listeners apparent in 2007 was still in existence, and that there should be changes to attract more listeners from ethnic minorities and lower income groups. However, the review did not give details of the scale of these issues.Following to close the station, online listening figures rose significantly. The number of unique online listeners rose to an average of 133,653 in March 2010, up 50 per cent on the previous March.
When the listening figures were released in May 2010, it was revealed that 6 Music had an average of 1.02 million listeners in the first three months of the year, compared to 695,000 the previous year.In 2011, 6 Music had a total audience of 1.3 million listeners in the three months to 27 March, up from 1.14m in the previous quarter, according to the latest data from the Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) board. Buoyed by shows from high-profile DJs such as Jarvis Cocker, Huey Morgan and Lauren Laverne, 6 Music has also grown its audience from 1.02m in the first quarter of 2010. The station broke more records in 2012, with a total audience of 1.62 million in the third quarter of the year. For the last month of 2012 RAJAR reported 6 Music listening figures had overtaken BBC Radio 4 extra to become the most listened to digital only radio station in the United Kingdom.
The same report also showed that 6 Music had surpassed BBC Radio 3 in listening share, an increase of 31% from the year previously.In 2014, a report was released stating that BBC 6 Music had overtaken BBC Radio 3 in numbers of listeners per week for the first time. The digital station's weekly average was 1.89m listeners (up 5.5% on 2013) while BBC Radio 3's average weekly listenership was only 1.884m.In 2018, BBC Radio 6 Music is the 10th most popular radio station (as measured by weekly reach) - between & - and the 6th most popular (as measured by listener hours) - between BBC 5 Live & Kiss. Press coverage In 2007 BBC 6 Music was in the press because of scandals over rigged competitions.
It emerged that in 2006 the Liz Kershaw Show faked a competition by using producers and their friends as 'competition winners', leading to the firing of a junior producer. On 20 September 2007, it was announced that the Head of Programmes, Ric Blaxill, had resigned.In May 2008 was reprimanded for using his programme to back Conservative candidate for. 6 Music Festival In January 2014 the BBC launched 6 Music Festival, a new featuring artists that 'share the alternative spirit of the network'. The festival takes place in a different city each year, with the first edition held in Manchester in February 2014 and headlined. Tickets sold out in six minutes for the event, but Albarn's headline set was criticised and it was claimed that the festival 'just didn't work'.6 Music Festival returned in 2015 in and, with performances from,. The festival was praised as a 'triumphant celebration of the left-field', and compared favourably to the 2014 event. The 2016 event was held across three venues in with performances from and.The 2017 edition took pace in March 2017 (unlike previous festivals which took place in February) in, and included major sets from,.
It again included evening gigs, daytime gigs, talks and screenings.No festival took place in 2018. However, the station did curate the Belfast event of the.The 2019 edition of the festival took place in Liverpool. Presenters.Station management Current. Paul Rodgers – Head of 6 Music, 2016– previously Editor, 2008–2012, and Head of Programmes, 2013–2016.
– Network Controller, Radio 2 and 6 Music, 2009–2016. James Stirling – Head of Programmes, 6 Music, 2012–. Jeff Smith – Head of Music, Radio 2 and 6 Music / head of the weekly playlist meeting. Lorna Clarke – Network Manager, Radio 2 and 6 Music, 2010–Former. – Network Controller, Radio 2 and 6 Music, 2004–2008.
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.Music videoon' Song 2' (often mistakenly titled as ' Woo Hoo') is a song by English band, the second track from their. Released in April 1997, 'Song 2' reached number two on the, number four on the Australian, and number six on US (previously called Billboard ).At the, 'Song 2' was nominated for,. At the, the song was nominated for,. In December 1998, listeners voted 'Song 2' the 15th Best Track Ever. In 2011, placed it number 79 on its list '150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years'. Contents.Background The track was originally nicknamed 'Song 2' as a working title, but the name stuck.
The song is two minutes and two seconds long, with two verses, two choruses and a hook featuring Damon Albarn yelling 'woo-hoo!' As the distorted bass comes in. It is the second song on, as well as, and was the second single released from the former album.
Some writers have stated that the song is intended to be a parody of the genre, while others state that it was a parody of radio hits and the music industry with a chorus. Reception In the UK, 'Song 2' built upon the success of Blur's chart-topping single ' to reach number two in the charts. It was also popular on radio stations in the US; consequently, it went at number 55 on the chart, number 6 on 's chart, staying on that chart for 26 weeks and number 25 on the chart. This is the band's only crossover hit to date crossing over to top 40 radio.
It also placed number two on 's for 1997 in Australia. The song is atypical of Blur's previous style. The song's intro has been called 's 'finest moment'.
NME ranked 'Song 2' at number two in its end-of-year list of the Top 20 Singles of 1997. Music video The for this song was directed by, and it features the band playing in a small, secluded room with loud amplifiers behind them. During the choruses, the volume of the song sends the band members crashing against the walls and ground. The set used was modeled on that in the video for their pre-breakthrough single '.Live performances On 20 October 2018 at the Demon Dayz Fest LA, Damon Albarn's other well-known band played the familiar Song 2 theme but in characteristic Gorillaz style with dub/funk elements. While recognition was still dawning on the audience, Graham Coxon joined Gorillaz onstage and launched into his original riff before he and Gorillaz went on to perform the classic arrangement to an enthusiastic reception. In popular culture The song became popular in the UK and overseas upon its release in 1997, and featured on college and radio stations in the US.Licensed worldwide on numerous occasions, its first appearance came as the title music for.In 2010, Blur manager Chris Morrison said, ', which is an American defence contractor, got in touch with us and asked if they could use the song for their trade shows to promote the next generation of.
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We thought that was probably inappropriate. The money was great but we turned it down.' Albarn is an antiwar campaigner.' Song 2' was used as part of the London 2011 New Year's Eve fireworks display. It appeared in shortened form mixed alongside various other landmark British tracks including ' by, ' by, and '. Film The song was used in trailers for the film and.It was used in BMW Films' short film featuring.
Television The song is briefly featured in the episode 'Malled' of the animated series. The song appears in the episode 'Prom'. 'Song 2' is also featured in ' (1999) of the animated series (Season 10, Episode 12) as part of a which ends satirically.
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