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BBC Music Introducing: Radio shows

Find your nearest local Introducing show and read up on every national radio show supporting music from the Uploader.

Every week 20 local BBC Music Introducing shows all over the UK play music they have discovered through the Introducing Uploader.

Our family of local shows across the UK are at the frontline of discovering and playing new artists from their area - and it could include you.

But it doesn't end there. Our local shows also recommend the best tunes from their area to shows and DJs on Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, 6 Music and Asian Network. That means, if you're the cream of the crop, your music could be heard by a nationwide audience. It all starts by signing up and uploading your best tracks.

** Scroll down to read a full list of our local radio shows **

National shows

Introducing where you are

Where else can I get my music played?

Aside from our national Introducing shows, there are many shows that play music from Introducing artists and scour the uploader for fantastic new tracks. Read on to find out where else you can get played...

Radio 1

  • Introducing Track of the Week - each week the network chooses a track from an Introducing artist to be spotlighted and played on a different show each day as part of their weekly playlist.

1Xtra

  • Introducing Track of the Week - each week the network chooses a track from an Introducing artist to be spotlighted and played on a different show each day as part of their weekly playlist.
  • DJ Target - Bringing the best unsigned grime, hip hop, rap and R&B talent to 1Xtra // Monday-Friday, 7pm

Asian Network

  • Introducing Track of the Week - each week the network chooses a track from an Introducing artist to be spotlighted and played on a different show each day as part of their weekly playlist.
  • Bobby Friction - Bobby presents the best new, unsigned and live British-Asian music // Monday-Thursday, 7pm

6 Music

  • Steve Lamacq - Scouting for the best new bands and alternative acts from the Uploader // Monday-Friday, 4pm

Radio 2

  • Jamie Cullum - Supporting all types of new artists and bands from the world of jazz // Tuesday, 7pm

Radio 3

  • Music Planet - Featuring tracks by BBC Music Introducing artists inspired by sounds and roots from around the globe // Fridays, 11pm
  • Unclassified - Elizabeth Alker presents music by an exciting new generation of unclassified composers and performers // Thursdays, 11.30pm
  • 'Round Midnight - Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks jazz from all eras and around the world, with a special focus on new British artists // Monday-Friday, 11:30pm

Radio 3 Unwind

  • Sleeping Forecast - A soothing blend of classical and ambient music from BBC Introducing artists interspersed with excerpts of the iconic Shipping Forecast from Radio 4 // Daily, 11:30pm
  • Soundwaves - Afrodeutsche hosts an hour of enticing and escapist new music from the UK's brightest contemporary composers and performers // Sundays, 9pm
  • Classical Unwind - Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day // Daily, 9am
  • Piano Focus - A calming piano soundtrack to block out distractions and help you focus // Daily, 12pm
  • Ultimate Calm - Join Ólafur Arnalds for a journey into calm, explored through all forms of classical and ambient music // Daily, 9pm

All these tracks are found because your music is listened to by your local radio shows, and forwarded on to the national radio networks. Find your local show below.

Local shows

These are the local shows that your music gets sent to first. By signing into the Introducing Uploader and letting us know your postcode, we can send your music to your closest BBC Music Introducing show.

Every BBC Local Radio station across England and the Channel Islands broadcasts a BBC Music Introducing programme from 8pm on Saturday evenings.

BBC Music Introducing in The Channel Islands (BBC Jersey and Guernsey)

BBC Music Introducing in Cumbria & Lancashire

BBC Music Introducing in the East Midlands (BBC Nottingham, Lincolnshire, Leicester and Derby)

BBC Music Introducing in Essex & Cambridgeshire

BBC Music Introducing in Kent

BBC Music Introducing in Leeds & Sheffield

BBC Music Introducing in London

BBC Music Introducing in Manchester

BBC Music Introducing in Merseyside

BBC Music Introducing in Norfolk & Suffolk

BBC Music Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire

BBC Music Introducing in Shropshire, Stoke, Hereford & Worcester

BBC Music Introducing in Solent

BBC Music Introducing in Sussex & Surrey

BBC Music Introducing in the South West (BBC Devon, and Cornwall)

BBC Music Introducing in Three Counties & Northants (BBC Three Counties Radio and Northampton)

BBC Music Introducing in the North East (BBC Newcastle and Tees)

BBC Music Introducing in the West (BBC Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire)

BBC Music Introducing in the West Midlands & Warwickshire (BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, and West Midlands)

BBC Music Introducing in York & Humberside