Back on March of this year, I mentioned how BBC 6 had become my new favorite radio station.

I am apparently not the only one:

"Nearly six million people visited the BBC's radio Web sites in October, listening to more than 10 million hours of Internet radio and generating nearly 160 million page views, according to the first set of monthly statistics released by the BBC's Radio and Music Interactive department. "The BBC is at the forefront of digital radio and these figures reflect the growing importance of new media in the industry and our commitment to offer audiences a range of ways to listen," said BBC Radio director Jenny Abramsky. "The BBC Radio Player allows people to listen to our programs whenever they want and its remarkable success marks another step towards a digital Britain."

Kudos to BBC for providing programming that commercial radio stations have forgotten how to do. If satellite radio ever adds BBC 6 (or the rest of their channels), than it clinches the deal for me.

Incidentally, this comes from THE online REPORTER (December 4-10, 2004 - Issue 423), and excellent source of news and analysis for all things digital; (I'm trying to track down a public source)

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UPDATE:  December 6, 2004  2:49 pm
BBC press release has all the details.

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Source:
THE online REPORTER
December 4-10, 2004 - Issue 423
Published weekly by Rider Research

Millions flock to BBC Radio online
23.11.2004
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/23/radio_online.shtml

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