The digital music service is urging fans to buy a track by cult act Half Man Half Biscuit as part of a bid to publicise their plight.
Campaigners are being mobilised via Facebook - of course - and they hope it will rival the one that propelled Rage Against The Machine to an unlikely Christmas No.1 over Simon Cowell’s X Factor winner.
The radio station - known for its cutting edge, alternative angle on music - has been earmarked for closure following a BBC strategy review.
Now, its fans are being urged to buy Half Man Half Biscuit’s Joy Division Oven Gloves from April 6th and it is hoped the tune will hit No.6.
The track first appeared on 2005 album Achtung Bono by the satirical band from Birkenhead, Merseyside.
They released debut album Back In The DHSS a quarter of a century ago but never had a singles hit.
‘We see this great slice of Birkenhead poetry as being a great representation of all that 6 Music is about - a home for new acts and classic music that gets no exposure anywhere else on the radio,’ said organisers behind the protest.
The band’s influence now pervades 6 Music, with an evening this week dedicated to songs by every music act namechecked in their song, Irk The Purists.
Presenter Adam Buxton has also created his own protest song, a spoof version of Changes by supporter David Bowie.
It includes the line: ‘Still don’t know why they are closing it, ’cos there are loads of things in the BBC that are much more s**t.’
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