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'''''BBC Introducing''''' is the brand for new music programmes across the [[BBC]] radio stations, showcasing unsigned, self signed and other emerging musical talent primarily from the UK. Launched in 2007 the ''Introducing'' brand brings programming from across the BBC under a unified brand with each show retaining its own identity. '&#x(contracted; show full)

Since 5 January 2013, every [[BBC Local Radio]] station across England and the Channel Islands broadcasts a BBC Introducing programme at 8pm on Saturday evenings.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010j8y5/features/shows-and-downloads</ref>

== History ==
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By 2007BC Introducing was launched in 2007, and by this period  many BBC local radio stations had launched a weekly local music show to share and champion local bands. As shows such as The Box Office on [[BBC Three Counties Radio]], [[BBC Oxford Introducing|The Download]] on [[BBC Radio Oxford]], The Friday Session on [[BBC Hereford and Worcester]], Raw Talent on [[BBC Radio Humberside]] and The Weekender on [[BBC Radio Nottingham]] proved popular there was interest in developing a more coherent structure and brand for new music on the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=htt(contracted; show full){{BBC Radio 1}}
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