The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland Playlist
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| 16:15 UK time, Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Norrie McLean asked us the following question about the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland weekly playlist on our inaugural blog post:
"I have a question! It is only fairly recently I noticed songs popping up again and again (particularly on the Tom Morton Show). Then there was metion of playlists and I can't help but wonder why a playlist is thought neccessary for Radio Scotland given the diversity of the music programmes. Has there always been a Radio Scotland Playlist? If not why bring one in now and how is it decided who makes the list and on what shows the music will be played on??"
We asked Helen Munro, Editor, Music for an explanation:
"Radio Scotland has had a playlist now for over a year for its daytime and more mainstream output. However the playlist makes up only about 40% of the music played across daytime. The reason it's there is to provide a consistent sound across daytime and it reflects current trends and popular taste in quality adult pop and rock. Scottish artists will often feature on it as part of our commitment to support new and emerging Scottish talent as well as more established artists. Our specialist music producers continue to programme music relevant to their particular programme however all the music producers contribute to suggestions for the playlist."
The playlist is published every Friday and links through to the artist pages on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Music. There are also links to some of the great videos and audio recorded by Scotland's music team on the playlist page.
You can find a link to the playlist under the "About Radio Scotland" section of the Radio Scotland homepage.
Comment number 1.
At 17th Mar 2010, norriemaclean wrote:That's excellent - really apprecaite the reply and good to see that link now, interesting list!
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