BBC has responded to rumours that it's alternative digital station, 6Music, is about to be axed.
Rumours have been spreading on the Internet over the last few weeks that the digital-only radio station, which costs over £7m per year to run, could be sacrificed to appease calls for the corporation to reduce costs. Over 36,000 people have registered their support to the Save 6Music Facebook Campaign.
On it's homepage, the BBC Trust states: "The BBC Trust is about to publish a review into the performance of both 6 Music and Radio 2. There are rumours that the station, which has 620,000 weekly listeners and costs £7 million a year to run, could be closed in a meaningless sacrifice to politicians demanding BBC savings and a limit on the corporation’s digital ambitions.
"The Trust could argue that 6’s audience reach doesn't justify its expense and that its core audience be served in the margins of a tightened-up Radio 2."
It certainly sounds ominous for the station, but the final review is expected to be published at the end of February and no decision on the future of 6music will be made until after that time.
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