BBC Radio 1 is set to give more plays to UK acts in the future.
As it stands, less than half the acts on the station’s A list are home grown – there are six American, six British, two Australian and one Canadian out of a total of 15 tracks.
A statement published on Tuesday explained it would “ensure that Radio 1 and Radio 2 have a strong commitment to new and UK music so that a strong proportion of the new music in daytime on Radio 1 and Radio 2 should be from the UK”.
It also claimed it would cut many of the quotas which govern what music can be played on its stations, though no details on exactly how the new measures would take effect were given.
As it stands, less than half the acts on the station’s A list are home grown – there are six American, six British, two Australian and one Canadian out of a total of 15 tracks.
A statement published on Tuesday explained it would “ensure that Radio 1 and Radio 2 have a strong commitment to new and UK music so that a strong proportion of the new music in daytime on Radio 1 and Radio 2 should be from the UK”.
It also claimed it would cut many of the quotas which govern what music can be played on its stations, though no details on exactly how the new measures would take effect were given.
