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This is a link post I wonder if they'll show this on Points of View? I made this!
So BBC 6 and Asian Network are facing the chop. I have written a musical letter to the BBC to voice my concerns.

EDIT: I'll be being interviewed on Sky News tonight at 7 if you want to tune in. Anyone who can record it in a digital format for me too that would be smashing
(I helped save b3ta! B3tan Housewife, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 1:50, Reply)
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Another winner.

Keep 'em coming mate.
 (I helped save b3ta! waz4444 Escorts, bescorts - Come in if you're saucy., Tue 2 Mar 2010, 1:54, Reply)
This is a normal post I've been trying and failing to google the BBC's budget
but I was wondering how much dropping Radio 1 entirely would go towards the savings they need.

It's a sector well-served by commercial stations, the kids stopped listening to it years ago and they seem happier listening to stuff on their phone/ipods anyway.

It all just seems a bit ... pointless.
 (I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:05, Reply)
This is a normal post interestingly
i'm still in the radio 1 remit until april :)

i haven't listened to them since Mark and Lard left......

STOP!
























Carry on!
 (Swany o¿o, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Aww...
Now that takes me back!
 (I helped save b3ta! nowimboard shouted "Bring On The Trumpets!" at, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 7:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Happy Days
of Mark & Lard
 (I helped save b3ta! -Zuchini- (The artist formally known as dEADfISH), Tue 2 Mar 2010, 7:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Can I get a handy fart noise?

(Wyldoats Is 8 miles outside of Barstow, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Lard is on 6 Music now
Although no matter how irritating R1 gets, it still doesn't have conservatory adverts and hence will always be not-quite-the-shittest.
 (fridgefreezer inserted a topical reference into his sig on, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 19:38, Reply)
This is a normal post me too
mark and lard were ace! :D
 (I helped save b3ta! Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 11:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Someone on here said 6 million.
I have no idea how accurate that is.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mu utter hypocrite, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:23, Reply)
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www.b3ta.com/board/9937619
 (I helped save b3ta! Christian's Bolt and Ski, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:28, Reply)
This is a normal post ta
but was wondering about Radio 1...
 (I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 3:01, Reply)
This is a normal post This is what puzzles me.
I don't understand why, in targeting 6Music over Radio1, the Beeb is looking to axe a station whose output isn't provided by the market and protecting one whose output would be provided by a market if that market existed - which the continued existence of Radio1 forestalls.

I'm full of RIS.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 10:13, Reply)
This is a normal post here you go mucker:
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/mar/01/information-beautiful-bbc-o-gram-spending
 (wormald, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:20, Reply)
This is a normal post that's the ticket
thank you. Incredibly, it appears that Radio 3 costs even more.
 (I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:48, Reply)
This is a normal post This...
Roughly accurate:
spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqlCrVujNb9xdGYwWF9hVi00VVprZEE5LW5kVlA2c3c&hl=en_GB
 (daylightroddery, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:21, Reply)
This is a normal post BBC Budget made easy
Try this link, this guy explains it really easily:
www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-bbc-o-gram/

another awesome vid from Dan. spot on.
 (kupogud, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 18:47, Reply)
This is a normal post This is
ace!

Craig Charles Funkshow is the best show ever.... FACT!
 (Swany o¿o, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic!
Keep 'em coming!

*clicks*

But why post so late in the day? You're missing out on a good audience!
 (ToMeToYou is bumming a Unicorn on, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:13, Reply)
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I like to share things with my fellow insomniacs first
 (I helped save b3ta! B3tan Housewife, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:31, Reply)
This is a normal post If they do put it on Points of View you can bank on finding out some person with a strange voice has been made to read it aloud.
At any rate that's top notch.
 (I helped save b3ta! Christian's Bolt and Ski, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:22, Reply)
This is a normal post This ^
But great stuff as always from DB!
 (Wayland_Smithy, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 2:56, Reply)
This is a normal post needs more
WHY OH WHY OH WHY
 (Some Cultural Marxist your children are racists, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 3:06, Reply)
This is a normal post ^This

(I helped save b3ta! Legless Is scared of Mister Stabby, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 3:33, Reply)
This is a normal post As usual Mr B...
Top Class Work
 (I helped save b3ta! nowimboard shouted "Bring On The Trumpets!" at, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 7:03, Reply)
This is a normal post top stuff indeed

(I helped save b3ta! Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 8:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant stuff :D
Have linked this to Radio 5 LIve as they are discussing this very thing right now.
 (mrmatt is so repugnant and has put himself on 'ignore' .., Tue 2 Mar 2010, 8:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Given that the BBC is paid for by license payers,
I think it would be an excellent place to try a 'Maximum Wage'. Impossible I know, given that you get £100k to read news when nobody is listening.

I realise the BBC has to compete for audiences, and celebrities are a big draw - but I don't think for a second that such a move would reduce the quality of the output.

Personally I don't think any presenting work is worth greater than (multiples of) £4000 a working day (assuming they did work 5 days a week but took holidays and so forth). The fact these stations costs so much is probably due to the amount of people employed in the production, and Bolivia to get the thing moving. I bet, if they tried, they could have found a way to make an audio experience cost less than a moon landing.

Blurgh. I should go to work.
 (I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo in a reflective mood, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 8:38, Reply)
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again :)
 (I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk SET BLASTER = A220 I7 D1 T2, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Top quality tuneage! \o/
I bet this'll have an effect, however small, on the Beeb's current proposals...
Much like your "Dear Lily" masterpiece, which got played to me by half a dozen non-B3tan mates, your way of presenting an argument is much more effective than a straight letter, no matter how strongly worded or powerfully written. Reckon this'll find its way onto the airwaves somewhere soon. :D

Great stuff, fella. *clickety*
 (I helped save b3ta! kitaro, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:36, Reply)
This is a normal post ....and I've just seen this on Channel 4 news!

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter The World is Burning, Let's Masturbate, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 19:02, Reply)
This is a normal post I am recording you on Sky!
And I'll have it online in a bit.

Edit: Here it is www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XiaruUYJ_w
 (I helped save b3ta! Leo Panthera, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 19:08, Reply)
This is a normal post So much wonderment...
to be found in a deaf man's world, reliant on YouTube's auto-subtitle feature.


 (phosphoruscunt!, Mon 8 Mar 2010, 2:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Dan for PM!
That's all.
 (fridgefreezer inserted a topical reference into his sig on, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 19:41, Reply)
This is a normal post for those who are unhappy here's some links
to the appropriate places to voice you opinion on the proposed closing of radio6 and the asian network.

email contact (as given on radio6 shows today) to directly state your own opinion on the proposed closures. This was recommended on radio6 as the best medium to voice your opinion and have it seen by the right people:

srconsultation@bbc.co.uk


and this facebook group (yes, it's lame I know) which has suprisingly useful links on the page

www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=278123313911&ref=nf


links for non facebook people:

bbc strategy review ~
consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-strategy-review/consultation/consult_view

site supporting 6music and asian network, includes Dan Bulls song ~
www.love6music.com/

bbc complaints ~
EMAIL: www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/
PHONE: 03700 100 222

initial parliamentary reaction to the proposals ~
edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40583&SESSION=903



Hopefully the public can demonstrate that the stations provide a service that is not covered elsewhere by the bbc, or by commercial stations and they will reconsider the proposals.

Radio6 is the only station I've ever truly enjoyed, and to be honest I wouldn't even switch the radio on again if it went. No one else offers the things I want from a station.
 (I helped save b3ta! FredAstaireAteMyTapShoes but he left me this fetching ballgown, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 21:11, Reply)
This is a normal post never listened to 6
but like this
 (I helped save b3ta! god save the queen http://www.hatfield-anti-incineration.co.uk/, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 16:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Clarkson is the one massive BBC salary I don't have a problem with
The many millions Top Gear brings in from foreign sales dwarf the production costs, so its existence actually funds other programs and reduces the license fee, unlike Anne Robinson, Graham Norton, Jonathon Ross, etc.
 (Ravenous Bugblatter Beast This content may not be working. Please try again., Fri 5 Mar 2010, 20:08, Reply)
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(deleted due to the incoming shit storm facing me when people would wake up and read this)
 (Peter_G, Sun 7 Mar 2010, 1:31, Reply)