In uk.music.charts on Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Col  
wrote :
>>>
>>>What I don't want to see is radio stations rejecting perfectly
>>>good music that their listeners will probably want to hear, on
>>>the grounds that it's not British.
>>
>> I'm not talking about perfectly good music - I'm talking about rap. :)
>
>Well you know what I meant, music that people will want to listen too.
>And is *British* rap OK?
>
You mean in relation to the above, or are you asking me what I think of 
it?

>>>Didn't the French try this kind of thing some years ago, perhaps they
>>>still do. In an attempt to boost French culture against the American
>>>onslaught
>>>a certain percentage of tracks played on French radio had to be in French.
>>>What actually happened of course was that the demand for US music
>>>was still high and the French stuff ended up being relagated to late night
>>>slots were audience figures were low anyway.
>>
>> Of course, the language issue wouldn't apply in my scenario.
>
>Well no, but the general concept is the same.
>If you introduce 'quotas' then they will tend to be treated in a
>manner most advantageous to that of the radio station, thus limiting
>their effect.

What did you have in mind?
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)