it looks as though the music clips will only be 30 seconds long. This will be a blessed relief with Radio 1's Chart Show, which will offer "clips of the hits played on the show along with the run down of the Top 40". Even 30 seconds per clip could be too long for some programs, such as 1Xtra UK Garage Top 10. However, in many cases it could make the podcasts more annoying than interesting.
The BBC says:
From Saturday, November 17, the portfolio expands to offer podcasts including Folk & Acoustic with Mike Harding from Radio 2, Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone from 6 Music and the Asian Network Chart. 1Xtra has podcasts from a range of music genres including hip hop, dancehall and garage.
The full list of music podcasts is below. Presumably they will appear on the directory.
The BBC reckons it was "the first British broadcaster to podcast when it offered Radio 4's 'In Our Time' as a podcast in November 2004." It now offers more than 120 speech-only titles.
Radio 1 Chart Show BBC Radio 1 Radio 1 Punk Show BBC Radio 1 Radio 1 Rock Show BBC Radio 1 Radio 1 Indie Weekly BBC Radio 1 Radio 1 Dance Weekly BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe's Hottest Records BBC Radio 1 Radio 1 Mini Mix BBC Radio 1 1Xtra RnB Top 10 BBC 1xtra 1Xtra Drum & Bass Top 10 BBC 1xtra 1Xtra Dancehall Top 10 BBC 1xtra 1Xtra Hip Hop Top 10 BBC 1xtra 1Xtra UK Garage Top 10 BBC 1xtra Paul Jones Rhythm And Blues BBC Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic with Mike Harding BBC Radio 2 Music Club with Simon Mayo BBC Radio 2 Asian Network Music Chart BBC Asian Network Friction: New British Asian Music BBC Asian Network Jazz Library BBC Radio 3 Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone BBC 6 Music
