BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. The station plays "alternative" genres of music, including indie, classic rock, punk, jazz, funk and hip-hop, and generally provides an alternative to the more mainstream, chart orientated Radio 1 and Radio 2. The station's presenters are generally regarded as experts in their musical field. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Digital Audio Broadcast or DAB is a standard for digital radio broadcast developed by EUREKA as a research project for the European Union. ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station broadcasting format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Jazz is a musical art form originally characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. on behalf of the British record industry. ...

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• BBC
• Digital Audio Broadcast
• DJs/Presenters:
  • Craig Charles - Funk Show
  • Andrew Collins - Sunday afternoon, 6 Music Chart
  • Bruce Dickinson - Rock Show
  • Jane Gazzo - Dream Ticket
  • Bob Harris
  • Chris Hawkins - overnight show
  • Phill Jupitus - breakfast show
  • Liz Kershaw - weekend mid-mornings
  • Steve Lamacq - weekday afternoons
  • Clare McDonnell - weekend overnight show
  • Stuart Maconie - The Freak Zone
  • Vic McGlynn - weekday lunchtimes
  • Andrew Purcell - gig guide
  • Marc Riley - Rocket Science, MINT
  • Tom Robinson - Evening Sequence
• Past shows and presenters
  • Gary Burton
  • Sean Hughes
  • Janice Long
  • Tracey MacLeod
• Internet radio

Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Digital Audio Broadcast or DAB is a standard for digital radio broadcast developed by EUREKA as a research project for the European Union. ... Craig Charles Craig Charles (born July 11, 1964) is a British actor, poet and television presenter. ... Andrew Collins Andrew John Collins (born March 4, 1965, Northampton, United Kingdom) is a British journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster. ... Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop Nottinghamshire, England) is the lead singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Jane Gazzo is the presenter of BBC 6 Musics Jane Gazzos Dream Ticket radio show. ... Dream Ticket is a music radio show on BBC 6 Music. ... Whispering Bob Harris (born in Northampton on 11 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music three nights a week. ... Chris Hawkins is the presenter of the BBC 6 Music overnight radio show. ... Phill Jupitus (born March 6, 1962 in Newport, Isle of Wight) is a British comedian. ... Liz Kershaw (born 3 January 1960) is one of the UKs most high-profile female music broadcasters. ... Steve Lamacq (born October 16, 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by John Peel), is a British disc jockey who has been broadcasting for several years on the popular BBC radio station Radio 1. ... Clare McDonnell is a radio broadcaster and presenter. ... Stuart Maconie (b. ... Vic McGlynn is the presenter of the weekday lunchtime radio music show on BBC 6 Music. ... Marc Lard Riley is a musician, alternative rock critic and disc jockey on BBC 6 Music, where he presents Rocket Science on Saturday afternoons and Mint on Sunday evenings. ... Tom Robinson (born June 1, 1950) is a British musician and DJ. Robinson was the founding member of the Tom Robinson Band, an overtly political band with several hits in the 1970s. ... Sean Hughes (born John Hughes, London, November 19, 1965) is a British comedian. ... Janice Long (born April 5, 1955) is a Liverpudlian radio broadcaster in the UK, the sister of former TV personality Keith Chegwin. ... Internet radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ...

External links

• BBC 6 Music
• BBC 6 Music - Live streaming (Real Audio)
• BBC 6 Music - Live streaming (Windows Media Player)