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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 .

** 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing show.

Every ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio station across England and the Channel Islands broadcasts a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing programme from 8pm on Saturday evenings.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in The Channel Islands (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Jersey and Guernsey)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in the East Midlands (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Nottingham, Lincolnshire, Leicester and Derby)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Essex & Cambridgeshire

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Kent

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Lancashire & Cumbria

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Leeds & Sheffield

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in London

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Manchester

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Merseyside

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Norfolk & Suffolk

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in the North East (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Newcastle and Tees)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Shropshire, Stoke, Hereford & Worcester

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Solent

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Sussex & Surrey

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in the South West (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Devon, and Cornwall)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in Three Counties & Northants (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Three Counties Radio and Northampton)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in the West (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in the West Midlands & Warwickshire (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Coventry and Warwickshire, and West Midlands)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in York & Humberside