BBC Radio 6 Music
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BBC Radio 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations. 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.Wikipedia
| Format | Rock/Alternative |
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| Audience figures | 2,687,000 weekly listenersRAJAR September 2021 |
| Launched | 11 March 2002 |
| Owner | BBC |
Contact BBC Radio 6 Music
| Postal address | Wogan House, 99 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7NY |
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| Official website | bbc.co.uk |
| Wikipedia | BBC |
| YouTube | BBC |
| other | radio.net/s/bbcradio6music |
| Personal email | firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk |
Social media
| Twitter: Press Office | @bbcpress (193,072 followers) compare | |
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| Twitter: Jobs | @BBCCareers (131,186 followers) compare | |
| @BBC (1,894,216 followers) compare | ||
| Twitter: other | @BBC6Music (799,834 followers) compare | |
| TuneIn | < | |
| audioBoom | BBC6Music (106 followers) compare | |
| SoundCloud | bbc6music (0 followers) compare |
Latest news stories
People
Abbie McCarthy Assistant Producer
Al Booth Editor of Specialist Music
Bob Shennan Controller
Brett Spencer Head of Digital
Dan Morris Senior Technical Producer
Jeff Smith Head of Music
Lauren Laverne Presenter
Nemone Metaxas Presenter
Al Booth Editor of Specialist Music
Bob Shennan Controller
Brett Spencer Head of Digital
Dan Morris Senior Technical Producer
Jeff Smith Head of Music
Lauren Laverne Presenter
Nemone Metaxas Presenter
…at BBC
Alistair Tyne Engineer
Amol Rajan Media Editor
Chris Roberts Project Engineer
Fran Unsworth Director - BBC News
Helen Boaden Director of BBC Radio
James Harding Director of News and Current Affairs
James Purnell Director of radio education arts music learning and children
James Purnell Director of Strategy
Richard Sharp Chairman
Tim Davie Director General
Amol Rajan Media Editor
Chris Roberts Project Engineer
Fran Unsworth Director - BBC News
Helen Boaden Director of BBC Radio
James Harding Director of News and Current Affairs
James Purnell Director of radio education arts music learning and children
James Purnell Director of Strategy
Richard Sharp Chairman
Tim Davie Director General
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