Tune in to this eclectic mix

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Mar 2010, 20:41 BST
Updated 2nd Mar 2010, 20:44 BST
HORRORS! The BBC's Radio Six is for the chop. Critics fear this will deprive the nation of a vital service reaching to a "youth demographic" with more esoteric tastes in popular music. As such, it is a vital part of the BBC's mission for total audience bandwith. Why not think creatively, with a new radio station – BBC Radio Six and a Half, (98.6FM and 365MW) positioned to merge two vital audiences: pre-teen rap enthusiasts and over Fifties pop music gurus? Here is a sampl

• 11pm-midnight: Wake up with tracks from the new UK rap band Nurofen, followed by…

• 12-1am: New Wave Extra: Blue grass hits on bass guitar, tubular xylophone and Amy Winehouse's empty wine glasses.

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• 1am-2am: Professor Heinz Kiosk on the postmodern cultural cross-over between Lady GaGa and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

• 2am-4am: Hot bands from the US: Naked Shorts, Krondatieff Cycle and Moma and the Monolines.

• 4am-5am: Three-way studio discussion with Hans Hurl, creative director of Zenophon Discs.

• 5am-6am: Retro time! The best of Dogs Die in Hot Cars.

• 6am-7:55am: With tracks from Little Zitty, Yelp, Splitting Headache and Crash'n'Burn.

• 7:55-8am: Book at Bedtime with rock guitarist Epi Centre. Close with Best of Aspirin.

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