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Petition

To: Radio 1, Kiss FM, Capital Radio and other mainstream stations,

For far too long the BBC Radio 1 Playlist has determined the success or failure of music single in the UK. As a national radio station, most regional radio stations around the country base their record playlist on that of Radio 1. If Radio 1 does not playlist a single, it does not receive daytime exposure and is unlikely to do well in the national charts.

Playlists
There are 55 records on the Radio 1 playlist, divided into three lists: the A List, B List and C List. The records rotate on the station's output 17 hours a day. The "A List" records are played more often than "B List" records, and so on.

Every Wednesday afternoon, a group of people debate over which records should be put on or removed from the playlist. With over 200 releases each week, this is a thankless task. However, while this task is difficult, it is clear that the list is influenced by factors other than the music itself. For example, some artists will have their singles playlisted based on their previous successes or their ‘commercial appeal’, be that good looks, youth or other factors that the playlist committee deem to be more important than the music. It seems insane that, in a democracy, a group of unelected people should decided what millions listen to every day…

While Radio 1 pride themselves on breaking new urban music, through their specialist shows, and boast a talented roster of urban DJs, they are also guilty of playlisting cover versions by (what many regard as) mediocre/novelty artists rather than original material by talented artists.

The current playlist section procedure employed by Radio 1 and many other leading stations, including Kiss FM and Capital Radio, discriminates against urban music, which results in many quality urban music records achieving surprisingly low chart positions when they are released nation-wide.

BBC Conspiracy Theory
It is rumoured that the BBC created 1xtra to allow Radio 1 to remove urban music from their playlist. The BBC plans to move all their urban music to 1xtra and corner the urban pirate radio market in the UK.

The wheels are already in motion. 1xtra has recruited some of urban music’s best and most respected DJs from pirate radio and the club scene. While Radio 1 has always restricted the number of urban music singles on their playlist, since the launch of 1xtra, the restrictions are even more evident. For example, Radio 1 has refused to playlist “Jump Up” by Just 4 Jokes, viewed by many music critics as THE summer anthem of 2002. It is only a matter of time before Radio 1 remove their specialist shows and relegate their urban DJs to 1xtra.

PETITION
As Radio 1 daytime airplay is the most influential factor in determining the success of a single, it is their responsibility, as a national institution, to ensure that their playlist selection process is as fair as possible. Kiss FM and Capital Radio are also guilty of using a ‘questionable’ playlist selection process.

Please help us to change this unfair playlist selection process by signing this petition so that urban music singles, such as “Jump Up” by Just 4 Jokes, can get the exposure it deserves.

We the people formally request that Radio 1, Kiss 100 FM, Capital Radio and other stations should revise their playlist selection process to ensure that:
* their playlists are based upon the individual quality of each single and not the marketability of the artist(s);
* the playlist selection committee does not restrict the number of singles from any genre - good music is good music;
* the playlist selection committee consists of [or consults] respected specialist DJs from each music genre. Ideally, this committee should be elected by the people;
* a single is removed from the music playlist as soon as it has peaked in the national charts so that new singles can also receive exposure;
* quality urban music singles, such as “Jump Up” by Just 4 Jokes, get the exposure they deserve.

www.petitiononline.com/radio/petition.html

missk

9 Signatures Total

deep

KRAZY D

16 now- clever boy roy

Sares

To be totally honest with you I can see you point of view, but I am not going to sign this!

I have just been and look on all three radio stations playlists on there sites and there is many, many urban music acts listed in there playlists for example Kiss Fm's playlist is mainly Urban music...
No.
Artist & Track
Audio
Video
Tones

1.
Blazin’ Squad – Crossroads




2.
Sugababes – Round Round




3.
Truth Hurts – Addictive




4.
N-Trance – Forever NE




5.
Abs – What You Got




6.
Ms Dynamite – Dy-Na-Mi-Te




7.
Daniel Beddingfield – James Dean (I wanna know)




8.
Milky – Just The Way You Are




9.
P.Diddy & Usher – I Need A Girl




10.
Mad House – Like A Prayer




11.
Romeo – Romeo Dunn




12.
Jurgen Vries – The Theme NE




13.
Mary J Blige & Ja Rule – Rainy Dayz




14.
Lasgo – Alone




15.
Will Smith – Black Suits Comin’




16.
Ja Rule – Livin’ It Up




17.
Scooter – The Logical Song




18.
Cameron – Oh Boy




19.
Britney Spears – Boys




20.
Enrique Iglesias – Love To See You Cry




21.
Elvis vs JXL – A Little Less Conversation




22.
Beyonce – Work It Out




23.
Dee Dee – Forever




24.
Ashanti – Foolish




25.
Eminem – Without Me




26.
Kylie – Love At First Sight




27.
Jennifer Lopez – I’m Gonna Be Alright




28.
Nelly – Hot In Herre




29.
Narcotic Thrust – Safe From Harm




30.
Liberty X – Just A Little

^^^ As above.

In regards to Radio 1, they too also have a number of urban acts within there charts, but also have the station 1xtra, which I do not think they are using to pass off all urban acts to, remeber eventually digital radio will be accessable to everyone and therefore radio 1 will be pushing urban music to people through out the nation.

Also Radio 1 unlike Kiss and Capital is a nationwide radio station and Urban music is not popular throughout the whole of the UK as much as it is in London. They have to cater for eveyone.

In regards to Just for Jokes - is it not on Kiss TV?

The main point here is if you are making a record you should be making it for the music, not necessairly for the commercial appeal if it is supposadle Urban, if you are making it for the commercial appeal then you have to understand that not eveyone is going to like it and that Kiss, Radio 1 and Capital have the right to decide if they are going to playlist it or not, they obviously cannot playlist everything and with the amount of Urban music being produced today they have got to be picky.

That is not to say I do not agree with some of your points stated above but I do feel you have not really looked at what they do play and other factors enough.

In other words its never gonna happen!

lady_*ice

hshah i couldnt be bothered to read any of it, i just signed it... doesnt look like its doing to well though!

KC

25 signatures now

Lady Sovereign

Yeah I will do the same as lady Ice did

Matt Jam Lamont

If you feel this will make the radio stations sit up & take note, you will have to get almost 50% of the listenership they already have.



Along way to go.

Is It?

sing along - "what a load of rubbish" etc, etc...

Rowland Samuel

Interesting ..............................

djdeamer

missk - you're avatar is deep