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BBC Radio & Music Strategy

A strategy for how BBC radio and music should meet the web, built around persistent identities, open data and participation designed into the services.

A six-stage hierarchy progressing from Access through Discover, Enhance, Extend and Participate to Create.

A radio station's web presence had to be its own thing — built for browsing, search and archive, not a schedule grid with a "listen live" button bolted on.

Every broadcast needed a permanent, structured identity on the web — thinking that led directly into Programme Information Pages a year later.

Music coverage worked best as a web of artists, tracks and sessions linking to each other — closer to how fans actually talked about music.