Pride before fall ?

Bob Shennan, Controller of Radio 2 and 6Music has told Billboard magazine in the States that he's "enormously proud of 6 Music, both as an entity and very proud of some of the changes we've made over just the last 12 months to hone the direction of travel of 6 Music and the service that it offers, so I'm really pleased with Lauren Laverne's role on daytime, I'm really pleased with Cerys Matthews who has eclectic tastes but an incredibly engaging style, and to have Jarvis Cocker on the network is terrific."

The article hints at the possibility of "re-deploying" some shows to Radio 2, but Mr Shennan says he's now waiting for the Trust to make a decision on their consultation, which formally ends on May 25. And, apparently facing several ways at once, he has praise for the BPI and others campaigning to save 6Music ""I think the BPI are absolutely right, and all of those august music industry leaders are absolutely right, to want to say how important they think it [6 Music] is, to the BBC Trust. There are a lot of people who are known artists who have also let their feelings be known to the Trust, and I think the Trust will probably tell you that they have been overwhelmed by the response of the listeners to the issue of what the value is of 6 music."

Full article in Billboard