BBC Music Introducing plays a “unique” role in the British music business, Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens has told Music Week.

“The industry likes it because it’s real,” he said. “It’s not about sales or commercial viability. It’s purely about asking, ‘Do people like the music?’ And that’s quite a unique thing, that’s what the BBC should be doing.”

Alongside fellow Radio 1 DJs Annie Mac and Phil Taggart, and 6 Music presenters Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson, Stephens will ...