They spend hours listening to new music and debating what makes it to the playlist and where on that playlist it should go. We really rely on the tremendous depth and breadth of knowledge that our specialist presenters and producers bring The Playlist meetingĪbout 14 people, including producers from all kinds of shows across Radio 1 and 1Xtra get together every Tuesday. At Radio 1 the next song you hear after Taylor Swift might be a brand new artist like Mura Masa'. 'On another radio station you might hear lots of Taylor Swift next to Justin Bieber next to Ed Sheeran. Most radio stations have a playlist, but Chris Price says Radio 1's is unique because it introduces brand new artists right alongside established pop acts. Songs here won't get much airtime (at least at first) - but they will still make it onto Radio 1 in the daytime. In New Music We Trust - this section of the playlist is just for testing out brand new music.C List - you're still on the playlist if you make it to the C List but you are only played around five times in a week.B List - music on this list gets around 15 plays per week.A List - these are the songs that are played the most - around 25 times in a week.The amount of plays each song gets is based on which part of the playlist it's on.

It's made up of around 50 songs that are played on rotation throughout the week.

The station is now co-located with a state-of-the-art sound stage, allowing cadets to expand their skills beyond radio to video and podcast production.The Radio 1 Playlist makes up the majority of the songs that are played before that in the daytime. In 2018, the station moved to the main academic building, Fairchild Hall, marking its first relocation in 47 years. The station went off the air for a time in the 1980s, but has broadcast continuously since restarting on February 13, 1989. Over the years, the station has had to move its frequency from 89.7 to 104.3, then 104.5, and now to 97.7 FM. With a cost over $10,000, a great deal of the studio construction was built from raw lumber with much of the equipment coming from radio stations that were being closed in Vietnam. The station was assigned three small adjoining rooms in Vandenberg Hall dormitory. The station’s first public broadcast was on January 17, 1971. Air Force Academy, it wasn’t until 1970 when the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force approved the startup of a radio station with the call sign KAFA. Although there were several unsanctioned attempts by resourceful cadets in the 1950’s and 60’s to launch a radio station at the U.S.

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