[Yudster]

Don't get me wrong, I have no objection to the idea of keeping 6Music, but I'm not going to slit my wrists if it goes. Its hardly a life changing matter. Its the idea that Chris Moyles - who has stated that if indeed he was paid £6.5million he would BUY 6Music in order to keep it going - is in any way connected with its demise that I find so hilarious.

[chrysostom]

i got the reply of "we don't need presenters, just get someone who will do it for £50k" you can't fight an idiot.

[TIAL]

The fact is that cutting 6music from the BBC's output does very little to the overall spending - sacking Moyles would do even less. It's a ridiculous notion to believe that cutting Chris would 'save 6music' because the figures just don't match. The same can be said when cutting 6music to save the BBC as a whole.

The thing that confuses many fans of 6music, including myself, is the fact that the BBC simultaneously wants the station to get most listeners, whist at the same time carve itself as a niche station. This clearly can't go hand-in-hand.

But in response to the original post and Facebook group, no matter what you think of the statement the numbers just don't add up.

[ChunkyMunky]

As I said earlier, I don't listen to 6music, but having looked recently at what sort of music they play, it's probably more up my street than Radio 1 (Indie, Rock, guitar based, etc).

That said, I would rather listen to Chris and the gang on Radio1 with rubbish music than listen to my type of music on 6Music with some bloke in "DJ Mode".
The perfect scenario for me would be for Chris to move to 6Music (or for Radio 1 to stop broadcasting for 12 year olds "innit")

Whoever these people on facebook are, they are quite aware that Chris doesn't earn £6.5 million.
Jonathan Ross was always quoted as the BBC's top earner, for several years, and he didn't earn over £1 million a year as far as I can remember.
It certainly wasn't £6.5 million.

EDIT: The Sun mention his real salary in an interview linked to in another thread on this board
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... V-Biz.html
Haters look away now.

No, some of the people on that facebook group are lashing out because 6Music is going, and the others are just Chris haters.
The former have my sympathy (although, it's only a radio station), and the latter are just sad.

Each time one of them quote the £6.5 million figure, even though it's been proved that it was a tenth of that before the paycut, it's obvious they're not interested in the facts.

I wonder how many of them would cope with a relentless hate campaign against them, just because they do their job well.

They won't be happy until all the DJs are as mundane as the music.

CM

[comedyrave]

Still going strong and now the media are taking notice.........

[Johnny 1989]

Still going strong and now the media are taking notice.........

You obviosuly though like to ignore facts when it comes to his wages (as printed in the article just above your post)

[comedyrave]

ok,we got the sums wrong...and yes it's a facebook group,and that is all,its not fact!!how would i like it if people started a hate campaign about me..well,i am not in the public eye,wasting liscene payers money,i havent sold my soul for a wage and a playlist...at the end of the day we could have picked any presenter on daytime radio 1,it wouldnt have matterd,the fact that its making people argue and the main fact that people realise that a station will close..that is all

[Yudster]

ok,we got the sums wrong...and yes it's a facebook group,and that is all,its not fact!!

At last, something from this person that makes sense.

how would i like it if people started a hate campaign about me..well,i am not in the public eye,wasting liscene payers money,i havent sold my soul for a wage and a playlist...at the end of the day we could have picked any presenter on daytime radio 1,it wouldnt have matterd,the fact that its making people argue and the main fact that people realise that a station will close..that is all

.....as you were.

[dannimaria]

Oh, do we get to pick our own presenters? Fabulous!

Anyhoo, I don't watch Top Gear, therefore it's clearly a waste of licence fee payer's money because no one watches it, down with that sort of thing...

[foot-loose]

Top Gear > 6 Music.

[newsbeat]

I love Top Gear