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BBC Scotland Dir Hayley Valentine evidence Scottish Parliament CEEAC committee about the "small number of people unhappy" about BBCRadioScot cuts. 16000 signed a petition for a single show - the biggest since the BBC Bias petition during the referendum (the most divisive moment in recent history).

YouTube video by Constant Follower Hayley Valentine (BBC Scotland Director) and Luke McCullough's remarkable CEEAC Committee evidence

75.3% of the 243 professional Scottish artists that signed the Open Letter to BBC Scotland said that BBC Radio Scot's late-night radio spaces gave them their first radio play. Cutting that pipeline is removing the opportunity for young Scottish musicians to be heard.

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BBC Scotland Director Hayley Valentine's remarkable evidence to our MSPs at Scottish Parliament CEEAC re BBC Radio Scot cuts.

75.3% of the 243 musicians who signed the Open Letter to the BBC said they received their first/early play on BBC Radio Scotland late-night. Where will that happen now?

YouTube video by Constant Follower Hayley Valentine (BBC Scotland Director) and Luke McCullough's remarkable CEEAC Committee evidence

Please share. Deconstructing the remarkable evidence BBC Scotland Director Hayley Valentine and Luke McCullough just gave to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament CEEAC Committee regarding BBC Radio Scotland late-night changes. Unbelievable.

youtu.be/hOFP0-PG44g

BBC Scotland Director Hayley Valentine's remarkable evidence to our MSPs at Scottish Parliament CEEAC re BBC Radio Scot cuts.

75.3% of the 243 musicians who signed the Open Letter to the BBC said they received their first/early play on BBC Radio Scotland late-night. Where will that happen now?

YouTube video by Constant Follower Hayley Valentine (BBC Scotland Director) and Luke McCullough's remarkable CEEAC Committee evidence

75.3% of the 243 professional Scottish artists that signed the Open Letter to BBC Scotland said that BBC Radio Scot's late-night radio spaces gave them their first radio play. Cutting that pipeline is removing the opportunity for young Scottish musicians to be heard.

youtu.be/hOFP0-PG44g?...

Please do watch. This is important for music and musicians in Scotland.

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Good piece by Mike Small in @bellacaledonia.bsky.social this morning on the collapse of new music support at BBC Radio Scotland and the questionable evidence by BBC Scotland's Hayley Valentine to the Scottish Parliament CEEAC committee.

bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/30/b... @scottishgreens.org

Also forgot to add that when they're talking about their 'huge' playlist - of course this is mostly catalogue music - so suggesting it in the same breath as 'new' Scottish music is misleading. To get a new track onto the station playlist isn't going to be easy.

Worth a watch/listen, questioning the 'evidence' given to the Scottish Parly's Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee by BBC Scotland on revisions to their Scottish music output.

We would add that barely any music is released around Xmas/New Year, so comparing Dec/Jan is daft.

YouTube video by Constant Follower Hayley Valentine (BBC Scotland Director) and Luke McCullough's remarkable CEEAC Committee evidence

Please share. Deconstructing the remarkable evidence BBC Scotland Director Hayley Valentine and Luke McCullough just gave to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament CEEAC Committee regarding BBC Radio Scotland late-night changes. Unbelievable.

youtu.be/hOFP0-PG44g

NEWS: BBC Radio Scotland Schedule Changes Linked To Sharp Drop In Scottish Music - God Is In The TV A new analysis submitted to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, European Affairs and External Relations Committee (CEEAC) has found a marked reduction in

"Everything we warned about has come true and worse."

Our fav blog @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social just covered the BBC Radio Scotland disaster. Deepest thanks Bill and co.

Please read and share: www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/01/30/n... @findlaynapier.bsky.social

Impact of changes at Radio Scotland on music output is as we predicted THE average National reader will undoubtedly be aware of failures of management at the BBC and the output of BBC Radio Scotland in particular. But I…

In The National @scotnational.bsky.social today.
Thank you Scott Bamford.

"We should be deeply concerned about the changes to BBC Radio Scotland's late-night music output following the January 2026 schedule changes"

Full piece: www.thenational.scot/culture/2579...

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

Interesting viewing as BBC Radio Scot head Hayley Valentine defends the BBC's position on some of the points we raise about late-night radio in response to questions from @patrickharvie.bsky.social MSP and others. Thoughts?

www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/cons...

Graph 1 Percentage change Tracks by Scottish artists played -26% Individual Scottish artists played -33% Tracks by non-major label artists played -56% New tracks by non-major label Scottish artists -67% New music overall played -69% Text between graphs: "Broadly speaking... we are representing the same number of Scottish artists" Hayley Valentine, BBC Radio Scotland Graph 2 Percentage change Overall artist diversity -2% Unique Scottish artists played -33% Unique non-major label Scottish artists played -59% Unique new tracks by non-major label Scottish artists played -68% Unique new tracks by Scottish artists played -70%

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"Broadly speaking"

'We needed to do something' - BBC Scotland chiefs on why music shows were axed BBC Scotland director Hayley Valentine has responded to critics of the controversial 'easy listening' revamp.

BBC Radio Scotland in @heraldscotland.bsky.social:

"Broadly speaking... we are representing the same number of Scottish artists"

First two weeks of the new schedule: unique Scottish artists played down 33% (-59% for independent artists).

Report: constantfollower.com
Story: shorturl.at/dvZEr

if you haven't been following @constantfollower.bsky.social's posts regarding Radio Scotland you should, he explains it all better than me.

Thanks @heraldscotland.bsky.social & @thetimes.com for covering our study of what BBC Radio Scotland has been playing in the late-night slots.

Since they dropped curated specialist shows:

• New music fell 69%
• New Scottish music by independent artists fell 67%

All data: constantfollower.com

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Sadly, this is exactly as the Scottish music community predicted.

The Bland Broadcasting Corporation.

Such a blow for Scottish artists. As if it’s not already hard enough. Watering this down to a bland schedule was never the answer.
In the meantime I’ll continue to shout about the Scottish artists I like and listen to.

Please share. Today @heraldscotland.bsky.social published the stark findings from our report to the Scottish Gov CEEAC Committee on BBC Radio Scotland's late-night changes.

- plays of new music fell by 69%
- plays of new Scottish music by independent artists fell by 67%

All data at link in bio

'There just isn't anywhere that carries anything like the same weight in the industry' 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...

If BBC Radio Scotland is no longer a champion of the #Scottish #music that comes from where it broadcasts to, then it may as well shut up shop & leave what it is doing to other stations, and what it should be doing to other stations.

Please share. Today @heraldscotland.bsky.social published the stark findings from our report to the Scottish Gov CEEAC Committee on BBC Radio Scotland's late-night changes.

- plays of new music fell by 69%
- plays of new Scottish music by independent artists fell by 67%

All data at link in bio

Happy new year. What an incredible year for the band. TSYSORTY reached more ears than we could have imagined. The feedback was overwhelming. Thank you.

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Hoping everyone at @lnfg.bsky.social
is having a good Christmas.

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