Radio & New Music: Are We Doing Enough?

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Weds 31st Mar, from 6pm | The Gibson Building, 29-35 Rathbone Street, London, W1T 1NJ

Does Radio have an obligation to publicise new acts?

Should stations encourage ‘indie’ bands and ‘unsigned’ artists at the expense of established acts and major labels?

Kate Mossman (Review Editor, Word Magazine) chaired a discussion in which George Ergatoudis (Head Of Music, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra), Martin Mills (Chairman, Beggars Group), Harry Sprout (Experiential Brand Marketeer and Freelance Media Consultant) and Mike Walsh (Head of Music, XFM) discussed radio’s role as a cultural patron.

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