Phil Taggart tells all about BBC Radio 1's new Specialist Chart

Could you tell us about the Specialist Chart?

It's going to be on Monday nights, 9pm 'til 10pm, and it's going to be a playlist-based show focusing on specialist tracks that we think people need to hear that week. It's going to draw from other Radio 1 specialist shows, so the likes of Annie Mac all the way through to late-night stuff from Benji B, B. Traits, and Annie Nightingale. We bring together the best of Radio 1 each week and we put it into a 'Top Ten'/'Best Of' chart – it's a really handy one-stop-shop for people who are looking to see what's big in the specialist world that week.

You've said the show will draw from across the Radio 1 spectrum, but what can we expect to hear?

If you look at the kinds of shows Radio 1 has overnight or on the weekend, you can see there's going to be a lot of dance-based shows and genre-specific shows we draw from – but really it's across all modern genres. Anything you can think of... I could list them, but then I'd start sounding like a record shop.

How will the chart be compiled? Will it be based on sales and streams?

No, it's going to be done in a different way. It's going to be averaged out from plays on the station throughout the week – so if I play a track on Sunday night, and then Annie Mac plays it later on in the week, and then it's played by B. Traits, it's going to pick up a few plays. We'll collate what's played most over all the specialist shows over the week and then put them into a chart order.

What impact do you hope the show will have?

I think it's one of these shows that will keep things moving forward. It's obviously for the radio – everything on it will be from the radio – but this probably has a little bit more of keeping your phone in mind because it's only a 60-minute show. If people want to catch up with what's amazing in specialist music that week it's a really handy Match Of The Day-type 'highlights' of what's been going on on Radio 1. It's a handy little download for your phone.

Do you anticipate a bigger On Demand audience than a live one?

You can't just put something on the radio and then forget about the radio. That's obviously really, really important as well, but I think if you've got a show that's only 60 minutes you're more likely to download and you're more likely to listen. I wouldn't call it a podcast but it's not far off.

Who should we keep an eye on as we move in 2017?

There's a band called IDER who I absolutely love. I think they're probably the band who have made it on my show the quickest after listening to them... their first track was only on SoundCloud about 14 minutes. I'm really not trying to brag – it was just a massive coincidence! They're sick. That song “King Ruby” is excellent. They're incredible live as well.

A band called Yonaka from Brighton. Alt. rock. They're amazing. They were actually on my label!

Also a band called Sälen who are incredible. They've got two singles at the moment, one called “IILWMBF” and one called “The Drwg”, and it's very inner-city London – they've got really catchy songs.

BBC Radio 1's Specialist Chart show will start at 9pm on 10 October.

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