Radiohead
become Radio Heads
Radiohead to run BBC 6 Music for a week
UK
rock band Radiohead are to run the digital radio station BBC 6 Music
for a week at Christmas.
The
band are to choose music, artists and programming throughout the
week from Monday 22 December to Sunday 28 December.
All
five members of the band will have complete access to the BBC archive
searching for rare recordings, hidden gems and music documentaries
-scrutinising nearly 1,200 pages of data with more than 7,000 artists
to make their selection.
Radiohead
will curate 6 Music under the heading The 6 Music Selector contributing
to all areas of the output, guesting on programmes, co-presenting
shows, selecting exclusive recordings and contributing website material.
Each
selection will be presented by one of the band members and filters
through the day's output giving an insight to the band and a special
feel to the week's Christmas programming on 6 Music.
John
Sugar, Programme Editor at 6 Music, says: "We are delighted
to have Radiohead on board - they are one of the UK's leading rock
bands, and huge music enthusiasts.
"It
will be exciting for our listeners to see what Radiohead do with
this creative freedom and what it reveals about the group's personal
taste and influences.
"It
is going to be an extremely exciting and interesting Christmas week
on 6 Music."
6 Music
is a BBC digital radio station that champions the very best in rock
and popular music, and can be accessed via DAB digital radio, digital
satellite television, Freeview, digital cable television and the
internet at www.bbc.co.uk/6music
All the
BBC's digital services are now available on Freeview,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the BBC's eight television channels, interactive services
from BBCi, as well as 11 national BBC radio networks.
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