[Radio_man]

Now watch (like BBC Three before it) The News Channel come back in about five years time when the merger flops.

Would be lovely but the BBC is also planning to close CBBC, BBC Four, BBC Radio 4 Extra so this time I really doubt that this would happen

I think News76 is living in a fantasy land (or the early 2000s) where the BBC  has a bottomless pit of money to run as many fully resourced, linear TV channels and radio stations as it likes.
Instead it's desperately trying to survive against the backdrop of a hostile government that has threatened to end the license fee, has cut said license fee to the bone, and is in competition with streaming and digital rivals eating away at its audience.