BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom and part of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The transmitter was launched on 11 March 2002 . It was the first national music radio station that the BBC started in 32 years.

6 Music is only transmitted by digital media: Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB and the internet, forms of digital television and in Northern Europe through the Astra 2A satellite. The station plays "alternative music", such as Indie, classic rock, punk rock, and also jazz, funk and hip hop. It is an alternative to the more charts based on theRadio 1 and Radio 2.

The transmitter has sometimes intimate live sessions with artists in the studio, a kind of "unplugged" concerts. Another feature of the transmitter is the many contact with listeners via internet, sms and email. Listeners can decide if certain numbers may or may not be played.