[DeMarkay]

Unless the plan is for the music networks to share a pool of studios? There's no technical reason why the same studio couldn't be used by more than one station

With so much of 6 coming from Salford it doesn't justify having its own set of studios any more

There is a technical reason. Each station has its own set of producers and procedures. In order for things to flow smoothly, the radio brands have separate studios in order for the next presenter to take control of the network.

You couldn’t expect Sara Cox on Radio 2 to rush the ending of her show in order to allow for DJ Target to switch everything over to 1Xtra.

There are two sides to the 8th Floor. The first four studios are for Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network, as well as a spare studio. The Live Lounge side also has four studios which are exclusive to Radio 1.