Established in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who still serves as publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason. Geared toward young adults interested in news of popular music, entertainment and the arts, current news events, politics and American culture. Aims "to get our readers the news about who's made it, who's hot and who's on the leading edge." Provides reviews of new music, concerts and movies, technological innovations in audio and video, and interviews with artists, musicians and other pop culture figures. Includes fashion trends and lifestyle pieces, as well as commentary on political, social and legislative issues.

BBC Radio 1 (97-99FM) is a national radio station with a focus on modern popular music and chart hits. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie. Radio 1 covers festivals, interviews artists, and reaches a national audience of younger listeners (target audience 15-29).

Background and Format: BBC 6 Music aims to provide alternative music and culture from the 1960s to the present day onwards to a national audience, available on DAB Digital Radio and Online.    Programme Maker/Production Company: BBC Target Audience: Listeners aged between 25 and 44.  Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Top tips for PRs: The BBC cannot accept traditional product press releases because the BBC cannot endorse products. To submit music, send CDs to Jeff Smith at 6 Music, BBC Western House, 99 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7NY Some of the presenters of BBC 6 run a blog called Fresh on the Net: www.freshonthenet.co.uk where music can be submitted. The station has a Twitter feed called 6 Music Bot which details which tracks have just been played. The account is: www.twitter.com/BBC6MusicBot Awards: 2017 - ARIAS, Best On-Air Promotion: The 6Music Festival in Glasgow (gold)  2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Creative Innovation: Now Playing @6Music (silver) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Music Feature or Documentary: Adam Buxton on David Bowie (silver) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Station Imaging (nominated) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Promotional Campaign: The Sound of Cinema on 6 Music (silver) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Music Feature or Documentary, 6 Music Celebrates: 50 Years of the Cassette (nominated) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Station Imaging (nominated) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Music Programme, Lauren Laverne (nominated) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Music Programme, Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service (nominated) 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Award, Music Broadcaster of the Year, Tom Service (Nominated) 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Award, Music Broadcaster of the Year, Mark Radcliffe (Nominated) 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Entertainment Programme (SilverAward), Adam & Joe 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, UK Station of the Year (GoldAward) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Monday 14 October 2013 BBC Radio 6 Music has announced it will be making a few changes to the station’s Autumn weekend schedule. From 2 November Huey Morgan will move from Sunday afternoon to Saturday mornings at 10am-1pm, taking over from Edith Bowman whose series will come to an end. Sunday mornings will still be hosted by Cerys Matthews but her show is being extended by 1 hour, seeing the show run from 10am-1pm. The Sunday Special slot will move to 1pm. The hour long show includes one-off guest playlists and documentaries. Guy Garvey’s show will be moving from Sunday 10pm to the earlier time of 2pm. Don Letts will be moving to fill Guy’s show at 10pm and will be running through to 12am. Lauren Laverne will be presenting 6 music live from Monday 14 to Friday 18 October, from Maida Vale at 10am-1pm. Full details of the schedule change at BBC Radio 6 Music can be viewed here  Media Alerts UK Consumer Alert: Monday 13th August 2018 BBC Radio 6 Music has announced c

Written for music industry professionals and fans. Functions as the trade journal for the music and entertainment industries. Contents provide news, reviews and statistics for all genres of music, including music videos, related internet activity and retail updates. Editorial features interviews and profiles of musicians and producers and discusses upcoming music events, both national and international. Regular sections include: Top of the News, Artists & Music, International, Merchants & Marketing, Programming and Features. Also contains reviews, artist profiles, new releases, top picks, Billboard TOP 100, industry trends and news, concert tour information and festival listings and reviews.

Background and Format: BBC Scotland is a regional radio station covering  news, sport, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle and traffic updates. Programme Maker / Production Company: BBC Target Audience: Listeners age 35+. It has an approximate 50/50 split of male/female listeners during breakfast and drive time and in the daytime this changes to 40% male and 60% female. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Tips for PRs: The BBC cannot accept traditional product press releases because the BBC cannot endorse products. The BBC will not carry out competitions. The BBC are unable to advertise on their UK outlets. Awards: 2016 - ARIAS, Best National Speech Breakfast Show: Good Morning Scotland (nominated) 2015 - SJA Sports Journalism Awards, Radio Sport Documentary: Ken Buchanan (nominated) 2014 - Mind Media Awards, Radio: The truth behind bipolar: Brainwaves (nominated) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Feature or Documentary: Advice from the Edge of Life (nominated) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Speech Programme: The Digital Human (silver) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Drama, The Grapes of Wrath (nominated) 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Specialist Music Programme, Another Country With Ricky Ross (Bronze) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Thursday 21 May 2015 Edith Bowman is set to host The Quay Sessions, a new weekly music show for BBC Radio Scotland from 4 June. Airing every Thursday between 9.00 -11.00pm, the show will feature interviews and music performances in BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay reception. The programme debuts as part of BBC Scotland’s pop-up music festival, BBC Music at the Quay between 4-8 June. The music festival has BBC Music Day on Friday 5 June at the heart of its celebrations - a nationwide celebration of music. Contact details to follow. Gorkana Alert: Thursday 18 December 2014 Changes have been announced at BBC Radio Scotland to bring more news, debate and analysis into its daytime output. Full details of the changes can be viewed here. Press enquiries should be directed to Roy Templeton at roy.templeton@bbc.co.uk Gorkana Consumer Alert: Monday 30th July 2007 BBC Radio Scotland have recently moved offices. The new offices can be found at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA. The new switchboard number for the station is +44 (0)141 422 6000. Gorkana Consumer Alert: Thursday 22 June 2006  BBC Radio Scotland is undergoing major changes in the line-up of its presenters on its news and current affairs programmes; Former Scottish Television presenter Shereen Nanjiani will present the lunchtime programme Scotland Live every Friday, starting 1 August. BBC Radio Scotland's flagship programme - Good Morning Scotland (GMS) - longstanding presenters, Derek Bateman and Mhairi Stuart, are moving to different programmes. Derek Bateman will host the political programme Scotland at Ten on three weekday evenings and Mhairi Stuart will switch to presenting Scotland Live four days a we