6 Music
Britain is a dying nation in need of new curators | Stewart Lee
The Tories’ scorched earth policy has wrecked our rivers, our NHS, our freedom of movement. Now even 6 Music is at risk
Stewart Lee
16, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM
‘It was a Lazarus story’: how BBC 6 Music rose from the dead to become the home of new music
As the indie station celebrates its 20th anniversary, key players explain its humble roots, how it survived the threat of cancellation, and how they see its future
Laura Snapes
10, Mar, 2022 @8:00 AM
The person who got me through 2021: Huey Morgan comforted me amid a deluge of human waste
I had plumbing problems and his radio show transported me from the faecal hellscape in my garden. It became the ideal soundtrack for my pandemic reality
Sam Diss
22, Dec, 2021 @3:00 PM
Gender disparity in UK radio report shows minor improvements on 2020
All-female acts make up 20% of the top 50 British artists played, an increase of just 1% from the previous year
Laura Snapes
16, Sep, 2021 @12:20 PM
The week in audio: 9/12; StoryCast 21: 9/11 Janice Brooks: Inside the South Tower and more
Dan Taberski examines the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, while one British survivor recounts the day minute by minute. Plus, Shaun Keaveny’s last 6 Music show
Miranda Sawyer
11, Sep, 2021 @4:00 PM
Radio roadshow: the Beeb's big move away from London
The BBC is right to diversify outside the capital – but its radical relocation plan is being badly managed
Miranda Sawyer
28, Mar, 2021 @12:00 PM
The week in audio: Boom Radio; The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show; Penny Smith
There’s hot competition among stations moving in to capture middle-aged listeners left cold by modernisation at Radio 2
Miranda Sawyer
20, Mar, 2021 @5:00 PM
'David was terrified': the inside story of how Bowie and Lennon met
A new BBC interview with producer Tony Visconti retells the awkward encounter that led to the creation of David Bowie and John Lennon’s US No 1 Fame
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
08, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
Radio 1 to air censored version of Pogues' Fairytale of New York
Offensive words in the Christmas song to be removed or altered for Radio 1, but remain unchanged on Radio 2
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
19, Nov, 2020 @9:06 AM
Female British artists underrepresented on UK radio, survey finds
Fewer than one in five songs in top 100 airplay chart so far this year were by British female acts
Laura Snapes
21, Aug, 2020 @5:00 AM
The week in radio and podcasts: The End of the World Has Already Happened, Wild Music and more
Philosopher Timothy Morton and Greta Thunberg ushered in the new year with practical and engaging takes on the climate crisis
Sean O’Hagan
05, Jan, 2020 @5:30 AM
Cerys Matthews: ‘Come Brexit, I’ll be scrumping nettles’
The BBC Radio 6 Music presenter and author of Where the Wild Cooks Go on flamenco, foraging and south Indian food
Tim Adams
17, Nov, 2019 @9:45 AM
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