Radio 1's rotations alter week to week as we find that the best way of ensuring that our audience is hearing the right music at the right pace. You will find that Radio 1's playlist has expanded in the last few months and we would hope to further expand it. I Don't believe in having quotas. It does not make for a good, exciting, entertaining and forward looking playlist. Hi Colin - Pluggers do not pick the tunes that go on Radio 1's playlist.
Pluggers provide information to go with the records they are promoting.
Obviously they try to influence but the staff at Radio 1 have the experience and knowledge to make independent decisions for the welfare of our audience. However, if you scrutinise the output of the station you will see, unlike the majority of the commercial radio stations, we play a very wide section of music. Undoubtedly the music making process can be interpreted as being less original than in previous times, but in the end, music is part of the entertainment world. As for your point regarding the percentage of plays in this area as opposed to some of the artists you mentioned, I think it's true to say that Radio 1 plays a far higher percentage of bands who have become prominent as a result of touring and exposure through specialist music output. Radio 1 gives these forms of music.