Excellent news! I think ever since the station went national it has gone downhill. Let's hope it can become the station it once was when it was local only!

Why is everyone up in arms about the closure of BBC Asian Network. As you can see from your Biz Asia Weekly Poll there are so many other radio stations.

So what is the problem?. I hear Sanjhi Awaz Radio - DAB Digital radio and Online is being launched.

What we need is competition so we can strive to achieve higher standards of broadcasting instead of having too many poor quality radio stations.

I hope Sanjhi Awaz Radio will fill this gap.

What a shame! I'm gutted. Shame on the BBC to take away the only Multi cultural national Radio platform.

I hope that the BBC Director General will also take a PAY CUT while he decides to reduce costs!!!!!!!!!!

There are much more better Asian stations to listen to. Sunrise Radio isn't perfect but it does play good music. Asian Network is a confused station and doesn't know who its target audience is, I can't stand the English / Western stuff on an Asian station.

At least, BBC has the courage to take tough decisions unlike radios like Panjab radio who have actually become a parasite with no improvement in programmes but constant appeals for money..poorest signal nationwide on DAB..what an eyewash..
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the listenership of the asian network has been dropping consistently and the quality of presenters and what they say has gone from bad to worse. how do u justify tax payers' money being channelled towards mediocrity?
what annoys me more is the fact that they will actually have jobs until the end of 2011. why does it take 18 months to shut shop?

As British Asians we should all be working together to save the Asian Network. It is the one avenue that the BBC have set up for us to actually benefit from the television License Fee that we pay. The BBC AN listen to their listeners opinions and have constantly tried to mould their schedule, programmes and topics around what they believe we want.
Join the facebook groups, get the twitter twibbon, join the petitions and write your views to trust.enquiries@bbc.co.uk -We will be heard! :)

Those who are campaigning to save the station need to look at how much money the bloodsuckers have eaten. If they find out the figures they will burn the station down themselves. They will squeeze every last penny until the station closes.

(In an ideal world I would like a police investigation into where all the public money has gone)

No one will miss that garbage radio station. Poor music, poor programmes. Only the weekend programmes are good but on weekend you wanna watch TV. Good riddance.

I think it should close down, its full of rubbish presenters..and besides there are other Asian radio stations. So what’s all the petty fuss about...

It's the best decision BBC have made to get rid of this pathetic poor quality, worst presented Asian radio station. There are loads of other Asian Programm providers who are far superior and better quality than this crap, waste of money station. Why wait till 2011, why not right now? I am sure it won't be missed.