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Comparemyradio.com (owned by commercial radio station Absolute) helpfully ranks radio stations by the variety of the music they play over 30 days. A high percentage = virtually no repetition. A low percentage = constant repetition of very few songs.


BBC 6Music is under threat because the Tories and their puppets in BBC management claim commercial radio can provide the same service.

Oh yeah? Here's what the Guardian found:

BBC 6 Music is very strong, with 60% variety and 3,321 unique tracks played in the last month, but at the other end of the scale, it's a sorry tale: Capital FM (3%, 244 tracks); Choice FM (2%, 159 tracks), XFM London (6%, 562 tracks), Heart London (7%, 521 tracks). No wonder listening to those stations can feel so ossifying. NME Radio scores 22% variety, and Absolute 21%, which is at least well above the average in a sector that, according to this site, cherishes the familiar.