BBC PLOT OR JUST THE ECONOMY AGAIN?

A WISE, cynical hack at the KISS gig in Islington on Tuesday was debating the BBC's motives for axing 6 Music and the Asia Network.
"It's not just about cuts," he told me.
"Hardly anyone's talking about the Asia Network. But if enough of a fuss is made about 6 Music and they agree to save it, then they can let the Asia Network disappear quietly."
Was this the plan all along? A sleight of hand trick on the part of the BBC?
Threatening to lose a popular station so when it's later "saved", no-one complains when a lesser known channel is culled in compromise - sounds shrewd.
If it's true, it's working.
Most of the attention and campaigning is focused on 6 Music, leaving the Asian Network to fall under the radar slightly.
Maybe this journo's on to something.