I'D like to offer Keith Bruce ("Musicians are not cheering new radio schedule", Herald Arts, March 30) some encouraging information about BBC Radio Scotland's support for musicians and music lovers in Scotland.
Our production teams are now putting the finishing touches to the music festival we're staging in June to coincide with BBC Music Day. At the same time we'll launch our new programme - Tonight at the Quay - which will provide weekly showcase for live music, performed in front of an audience.
Our recent schedule changes have been designed to reduce the number of repeats in our evening schedule, but specialist favourites such as Travelling Folk, The Jazz House, Vic Galloway and Another Country will also remain alongside the new addition to our line-up.
Meanwhile we continue our support for major events such as Celtic Connections, the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition, and the Edinburgh International Festival. We're also exploring new partnerships and collaborations with events across the country.
In common with other radio stations, we recognise that evening listening is now facing tough competition from other media, so we're investing more in online content associated with our music programmes so that our audiences can see and hear the scores of live sessions we broadcast across a range of genres. You'll soon see a lot more Scottish music on the BBC iPlayer.
That, plus the addition of the Now Playing facility linked to BBC Playlister, will now allow listeners to identify and return to the music they hear on our airwaves.
Jeff Zycinski,
Head of Radio, Scotland,
BBC Scotland, Pacific Key, Glasgow.
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