Poland’s Culture Ministry has drafted a bill which will force radio stations to play more Polish music.
According to the new regulation, which has been adjusted to EU directives, 75 percent of Polish music which is meant to be played during the day and night should be aired between 6 and 23 CET.
Currently, broadcasters are obliged by law that 33 percent of all songs played on air need to be in Polish. However, many commercial radio stations play Polish songs at night when not many people listen to the radio, airing foreign songs during daytime prime time slots.
Research by Nielsen Music Control on the music market in Poland showed that some radio stations play even 80 percent of the required Polish songs at night.
“We want to magnify the importance of Polish music,” says Iwona Radziszewska from the Culture Ministry and adds that the government is to debate the draft bill in May.
“We support the bill. It’s worth following the French example and protect Polish market against the influx of English and American music,” says Marek Staszewski from the Association of Audio-Video Producers.
In France 60 percent of songs played by public radio stations and a minimum 40 percent of songs played by private broadcasters are French. Furthermore, 20 percent of music played on air are compositions or songs by new artists. (mg)
Source: Rzeczpospolita
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