BBC 6 Music programmes should exhibit some or all of the following characteristics:
high quality, original, challenging, innovative and engaging, and it should nurture UK
talent.
BBC 6 Music should deliver its remit by engaging people who are interested in music
and who want to learn more about it. Its music should focus on major artists and
material which do not receive much support from other radio stations. It should offer
a wide selection of music with new music, live music, less familiar tracks and the work
of UK artists substantially represented in its output.
There should be a strong element of newly recorded and archive live music in
daytime and in the evenings. Tracks, sessions and concerts from the BBC Sound
Archive should provide an important element of the output and the station should
add recordings of festivals, concerts and its own sessions to the archive.
The station should add context to the music through authoritative presentation,
features and documentaries which aim to develop an understanding of the music and
its context, or reflect the inter-dependence of musical and social trends. The schedule
should offer regular music news bulletins during daytime programmes, and the station
should also provide in-depth coverage and analysis of developments in popular music
through features and documentaries. Other aspects of popular culture should also be
explored.
BBC 6 Music should provide high quality content that encourages radio listening via
digital platforms. The broadcast output should be supported by a complementary
online service, including some use of visual enhancements, and listeners should be
encouraged to interact and communicate with the station. BBC 6 Music should use
new technology to ensure its audiences have the maximum opportunity to access
programmes as and when they want.
BBC 6 Music should contribute to BBC Radio’s commitment to commission some
output from independent producers.
