Alec Boateng has officially left his role at BBC Radio 1Xtra.
Music Week broke the news of his impending departure from his position as head of A&R at Atlantic back ...
Over the past 40 years, DJ David Rodigan has turned his love of reggae into a stellar radio career that has taken in Capital, Kiss and 1Xtra, not to mention ...
A new report by Ctrl Management founder Nadia Khan has found that women are vastly underrepresented in UK radio, with 81% of songs in the Top 100 airplay chart for ...
BBC Radio 1Xtra has named Faron McKenzie as the new head of the station.
The station was previously part of former BBC Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper’s remit.
BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Seani B has told Music Week that he wants to see action in the fight against racism in the music industry.
The DJ and Grammy-winning ...
BBC Radio editor Rob Littlejohn is leaving the corporation after 15 years to head up production on Fire In The Booth and the Charlie Sloth Rap Show on Apple's Beats ...
The Official Charts Company has launched the Official UK Afrobeats Chart, a new Top 20 weekly rundown spotlighting the rising scene in the UK.
Understood to be the world’s first ...
Mark Strippel has announced he is leaving BBC Radio 1Xtra.
Strippel is head of programmes at 1Xtra and has overseen the station along with Asian Network. He is ...
Since exploding onto the scene with a barrage of remixes in the ’90s, Grammy winner, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and BrukOut Records boss Seani B has become a totemic figure ...
Adele White started her career at BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra, and has helped shape a new generation of black music. Here, Island’s senior A&R manager, urban division, reflects on ...