Officially it is a part of the BBC's Radio operational division and is directly responsible to Helen Boaden (director of Radio); however, its remit also includes music used in television and online services. It was established in its current form in 2014; however, the BBC had already been using the BBC Music brand to refer to its online music content and some live events beforehand, including a now defunct record label.
BBC Music is responsible for the music played across the BBC. It has direct editorial control of the music content of the BBC's six national music radio stations Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, 6 Music, and the BBC Asian Network, as well as organising live music events for each of the stations. These include Radio 1's Big Weekend, Live in Hyde Park and In Concert for Radio 2, the BBC Proms (including the various "Proms in the Park" events), and the BBC 6 Music festival.
Many of the BBC televisual music programmes and documentaries are now co-produced with BBC Music, with a BBC Music ident often being played between the regular channel ident and the start of the programme. It will also coordinate the BBC's coverage of other live music events such as the Glastonbury Festival, T in the Park, the Reading and Leeds Festivals, and Celtic Connections amongst others.
It is responsible for the BBC's online music database, collating every music track played across the BBC's national radio stations and a larger amount of the music played on the BBC's UK television channels. This includes looking after My Tracks, formerly BBC Playlister, an interactive, personalisable music service that allows users to create playlists of music that have been played across the BBC using existing online platforms Deezer, YouTube and Spotify.[5] It also features playlists created by BBC radio DJs and presenters such as Jo Whiley, Greg James, Steve Lamacq, Zane Lowe, and Fearne Cotton.
Additionally, it coordinates the production of the BBC Music Awards and also oversees BBC Introducing, an initiative to get less well-known and unsigned artists played on local and national radio.
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music, this, article, about, branding, used, magazine, this, name, magazine, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, december, 2020, responsible, music, played, across, current. This article is about the branding used by the BBC For the magazine of this name see BBC Music Magazine This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2020 BBC Music is responsible for the music played across the BBC 1 The current director of music is Bob Shennan who is also the controller of BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network 2 BBC MusicIndustryMass mediaFounded2014HeadquartersBroadcasting House London United KingdomArea servedWorldwideKey peopleBob Shennan Director of Music ServicesRadio and TV broadcasting online services event organisationParentBritish Broadcasting CorporationWebsitewww wbr bbc wbr co wbr uk wbr musicOfficially it is a part of the BBC s Radio operational division and is directly responsible to Helen Boaden director of Radio however its remit also includes music used in television and online services It was established in its current form in 2014 however the BBC had already been using the BBC Music brand to refer to its online music content and some live events beforehand including a now defunct record label Contents 1 Launch 2 Responsibilities 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksLaunch EditBBC Music had its official launch at 20 00 on 7 October 2014 with a simulcast of a specially commissioned cover of the Beach Boys 1966 song God Only Knows 3 Produced by Ethan Johns it featured a supergroup of singers such as Chris Martin of Coldplay Stevie Wonder Kylie Minogue Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters Elton John Pharrell Williams One Direction and Brian Wilson The Beach Boys accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra 4 Responsibilities EditBBC Music is responsible for the music played across the BBC It has direct editorial control of the music content of the BBC s six national music radio stations Radio 1 1Xtra Radio 2 Radio 3 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network as well as organising live music events for each of the stations These include Radio 1 s Big Weekend Live in Hyde Park and In Concert for Radio 2 the BBC Proms including the various Proms in the Park events and the BBC 6 Music festival Many of the BBC televisual music programmes and documentaries are now co produced with BBC Music with a BBC Music ident often being played between the regular channel ident and the start of the programme It will also coordinate the BBC s coverage of other live music events such as the Glastonbury Festival T in the Park the Reading and Leeds Festivals and Celtic Connections amongst others It is responsible for the BBC s online music database collating every music track played across the BBC s national radio stations and a larger amount of the music played on the BBC s UK television channels This includes looking after My Tracks formerly BBC Playlister an interactive personalisable music service that allows users to create playlists of music that have been played across the BBC using existing online platforms Deezer YouTube and Spotify 5 It also features playlists created by BBC radio DJs and presenters such as Jo Whiley Greg James Steve Lamacq Zane Lowe and Fearne Cotton Additionally it coordinates the production of the BBC Music Awards and also oversees BBC Introducing an initiative to get less well known and unsigned artists played on local and national radio See also EditBBC Music Magazine BBC SoundsReferences Edit BBC BBC Music Media centre BBC Media Centre 16 June 2014 Archived from the original on 18 October 2014 Retrieved 5 March 2015 BBC Bob Shennan Director Music Inside the BBC Archived from the original on 27 June 2015 Retrieved 5 March 2015 BBC BBC Music launches with God Only Knows Media centre BBC Media Centre 7 October 2014 Archived from the original on 14 April 2015 Retrieved 5 March 2015 BBC The Artists Media centre BBC Media Centre 7 October 2014 Archived from the original on 7 June 2015 Retrieved 5 March 2015 BBC Launches Playlister A Social Music Service With Spotify YouTube And Deezer To Tag Tracks Heard On BBC TechCrunch techcrunch com Archived from the original on 6 July 2017 Retrieved 7 May 2018 External links EditBBC Music at BBC Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BBC Music amp oldid 1119542954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
