Radio 1's daytime takeover: liked Tinie? Try this lot

Does Radio 1 still have the power to make – and break – new bands? As its night-time 'specialist' DJs take over its prime-time shows, Alexis Petridis talks to people behind the playlistsZane Lowe sounds excited. There are those who might wryly suggest this isn't the most unprecedented turn of events in history. After all, unbridled enthusiasm – of a kind that either endears him to listeners or leaves them wistfully recalling the days when alternative music on Radio 1 meant a laconic Scouse...

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