BBC 6Music is a resplendent beacon of absolute and unbridled brilliance. It rocks.

It is witty, erudite, intelligent, entertaining, pure, diverse, and plays music that would be on anyone’s Godlike playlist for eternity. It is a digital station the BBC should be proud of, which the Governors should be streaming to every naysayer in the country in order to prove just what its unique structure makes possible.

Instead, it is rumoured 6Music will close.

This is tragic. Inexplicable. This, if it is true, would be a monumental loss, and not just for the Motoring Research office where I work, at which you will hear 6Music for 12 out of every 24 weekday hours.

6Music is a digital station. This is why the listenership is not huge. This is why pure numbers should not drive decisions such as that which is rumoured. (Not that the listenership is all that tiny, anyway).

After all, just this month, the BBC Trust recognised this, and praised it for the impeccable diversity it offers. Rightly so. Because it is an authentic, joyous, delightful treat to listen to, always.

The groundswell of support for 6Music is thus understandable. Because it is not just an asset, a token piece of output that, if quelled, will save a few pennies (is £6m a year really that much of a drain?). This, BBC execs, is the reason why I and hundreds of thousands of others are so evangelical about the Corporation, about the diversity that you proclaim, about the mission to which you say you aspire.

To close 6Music would destroy this support. It would malnourish those hundreds of thousands of loyal listeners. It would kill one of your world-class assets. It would be unjust, unfair. It would be tragic.

Please, BBC Trust, tell us it is not true. Please #saveBBC6Music.

Please.

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