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BBC Oxford Introducing is a local music show in Oxfordshire, and part of the main BBC Introducing brand. The show is broadcast between 6 and 7pm on Saturday nights on BBC Oxford and is presented by Dave Gilyeat.[1]

History

BBC Oxford Introducing began as an internet only radio show, available weekly on the BBC Oxford website and presented by Tim Bearder and Dave Gilyeat. In March 2005 The Download - as it was then called - was broadcast on BBC Radio Oxford for the first time. It was transmitted on Friday nights for ten weeks, before moving to its permanent home on Saturdays.

With the launch of the new BBC Introducing brand in 2007 The Download was renamed BBC Oxford Introducing. In February 2009, a new tool was launched on the BBC Introducing website to allow users to upload their music directly to the presenters.[2] In September 2009 BBC Oxford Introducing launched its own BBC podcast.[3][4]

Format

The show plays one hour of local music every week. This includes a live session from a local act, a demo review presided by Ronan Munro, editor of music magazine Nightshift and a weekly cameo from Bill Heine.

In September 2010 original co-host Tim Bearder departed the show to pursue his TV career.[5] [6]

Notable successes

BBC Oxford Introducing regularly gives local acts their first radio play. It showcased Foals at an early live gig [7] and secured slots at Radio 1's Big Weekend for Stornoway[8] and Ute.

The team provided Glastonbury festival sets for A Silent Film and Jonquil,[9] T in the Park for Fixers[10] and Reading and Leeds Festivals appearances for Mr Fogg.[11]

Little Fish were awarded a headline slot on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds[12] and a Maida Vale session, and acts as diverse as Maria Ilett, Natureboy, The Scholars, The Winchell Riots and Charly Coombes and the New Breed have also been given festival opportunities.[1]

BBC Oxford Introducing has released three charity CD compilations in aid of Children In Need. The first, The Download Sessions,[13] featured acoustic performances by local bands. This was followed by A Quantum of Covers, which featured local artists covering James Bond songs.[14][15] The programme celebrated its five year anniversary in March 2010 with Round the Bends, a recreation of Radiohead's The Bends as performed by Oxfordshire artists.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b What is BBC Oxford Introducing?
  2. ^ BBC Introducing Uploader
  3. ^ BBC Podcasts - BBC Oxford Introducing
  4. ^ BBC Oxford Introducing launches weekly podcast
  5. ^ Au Revoir Tim Bearder
  6. ^ MusicInOxford.co.uk podcast
  7. ^ The next Download Live
  8. ^ Introducing...Stornoway
  9. ^ Babe, So Now Why No by Jonquil
  10. ^ BBC Introducing announces T in the Park line-up
  11. ^ Mr Fogg live at Reading and Leeds Festivals
  12. ^ Little Fish at Reading
  13. ^ The Download Sessions
  14. ^ A Quantum of Covers
  15. ^ A Quantum of Covers at MusicBrainz
  16. ^ BBC Oxford Introducing recreates The Bends by Radiohead
  17. ^ BBC Press Office - Round the Bends
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