Nigel Harding | The Music Power 100 | No 4

If you hear a song on pop radio anywhere in the country, it's probably because Radio 1's Nigel Harding decided to air itBroadcaster: music policy executive, Radio 1A classic example of poacher turned gamekeeper, Harding began as a record plugger for Elastica, the ­Flaming Lips, Badly Drawn Boy and Ash. He was made head of music at Xfm in 2003, and joined Radio 1 in 2006 as music producer, where he reported to George Ergatoudis (see No 7). Five years later, Harding's job is to create the ­music...

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