32 Backbone Radio Shows Supporting Local Artists from the UK

BBC Music Introducing is a network of radio shows across the UK supporting new and interesting music at grassroots level. The backbone of that network consists of 32 local shows on stations across England and the Channel Islands. They’re supplemented by flagship programmes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and on the BBC’s national networks such as Radio 1, 6 Music, 1Xtra and Asian Network.

• BBC Introducing in Beds, Herts and Bucks with Honor Morrison
• BBC Introducing in Berkshire with Alex West
• BBC Introducing in Cambridgeshire with Rebecca May
• BBC Introducing in The Channel Islands with Tim Hunter
• BBC Introducing in Coventry & Warwickshire with Brody Swain
• BBC Introducing in Cumbria with Emma Linton
• BBC Introducing in the East Midlands with Dean Jackson
• BBC Introducing in Essex with Jake Peach
• BBC Introducing in Hereford & Worcester with Andrew Marston
• BBC Introducing on Radio Humberside with Alan Raw
• BBC Introducing in Kent with Abbie McCarthy
• BBC Introducing in Lancashire with William Wolstenholme
• BBC Introducing in Lincolnshire with George Smith
• BBC Introducing in London with Jess Iszatt
• BBC Introducing in Manchester with Roesh
• BBC Introducing in Merseyside with Dave Monks
• BBC Introducing in Norfolk with Kitty Perrin
• BBC Introducing in Northampton with Kerrie Cosh
• BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire with Dave Gilyeat
• BBC Introducing in Sheffield with Christian Carlisle
• BBC Introducing in Shropshire with Michaela Wylde
• BBC Introducing: Solent with Steph Nieuwenhuys
• BBC Introducing: Sussex & Surrey with Melita Dennett
• BBC Introducing in the South West with Daniel Pascoe
• BBC Introducing from Stoke with Rob Adcock
• BBC Introducing in Suffolk with Angelle Joseph
• BBC Introducing on Radio Tees with Shakk
• BBC Introducing in the North East with Nick Roberts
• BBC Introducing in the West with James Threlfall
• BBC Introducing in the West Midlands with Theo Johnson
• BBC Introducing in West Yorkshire with Emily Pilbeam
• BBC Introducing in York and North Yorkshire with Jericho Keys

These teams listened to an average of 4,000 tracks a week last year – all of which were uploaded by the artists direct to their local show free of charge, with no need to pay a record plugger.

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