Presenters come and go. They need to move people on/around to keep the station fresh…….
More Tom and Deb is a good thing as far as I’m concerned,

I dont think anyone is saying ‘less of Tom and Deb’, but there are better ways of achieving what they’ve done. Cut Lamacq off at 6pm (or get rid of him completely.), start Riley at 8, start Gid at 10, then you have 2 hours available for anyone else between 6 and 8, it doesnt keep everyone happy, but it is a good compromise in my eyes.
The daytimes on 6 have lost their way IMO, Craig Charles is ok in small doses, MAH, cant stand her talking, LL is OK, though R4 is on for me until 9am, sometimes later if the post 9am programmes are interesting, so R6 is only on here in the evenings or weekend mornings and evenings, hence these changes have upset me, as Marc Riley is, for me, the best thing on the radio.

More Tom and Deb is a good thing as far as I’m concerned, but not sure I like the idea of an every evening ‘new music fix’. The reason most of us listen to 6 is that it *is* a new music station but mixing new with archive – as Tom does on his Friday shows – feels better to me than all new stuff.

I think you’ve nailed that. I like discovering new music and Marc Riley in particular has introduced me to so much, but mixing it up with older stuff gives it context and just works so much better.

NTS2 – 2hrs of Thomas Bangalter picking his favourite influences for his latest solo record earlier

I’ll stop.

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I don’t get all the hate for Steve Lamacq – I really like him.

For me also the daytime lineup is fine. I’m somewhat ambivalent about MAH as she does like some genres I just can’t stand, but generally I think it’s the strongest of any of the BBC music playing stations. I occasionally listen to R4 but there’s no way I’m listening to commercial, so it’s R1,R2 or R6 and R6 wins that contest hands down. It’s only in the wife’s non-DAB car that either of the others gets a look in.

Yes I wish Keavny were still there but I definitely like LL,CC, SL, MR & Gid and look forward to spending time with them when the opportunity arises.

Nighty night, Nighty night Gideon.

I’m really going to miss his show 🙁

Listening to his show has been such an immense pleasure, I’m genuinely sad it’s over

Yeah 😞

Marc opened with “someone up there likes me” by Bowie. In his own words “ironically”.

Gid is the guvnor make no mistake 🤣

Deb Grant is okay but the BBC in all it’s stupidity have decided to axe 2 shows that were very popular with shows that just seem an odd mix right from the start 🤷‍♂️

So, I’ve been listening to Marc on and off since Out On Blue Six. I have though been listening Tom Ravenscroft on catch up for a while.

For me at least the first 2.5 days at 7pm have been better this week.

Asking on here as it’s 6music related..

When did they start playing drifty space type music behind the news broadcasters????

Riley and Coe’s output squeezed and pushed to the edges because middle-aged-white-men… and yet according to his trailer, we’re getting an extra hour of Guy Garvey at the weekend…

I don’t actually mind him, TBH, apart from his interminable name-dropping, but still.

I’ve been enjoying the artist in residence slots the last couple of weeks. Albert Hammond Jr has another week, (well 4 days) from 9pm this evening.

I am just waiting (excitedly)to see who’s slot Huw Stephens gets as a permanent gig.