It’s been just over four years since Aled Haydn Jones was appointed as the head of BBC Radio 1. And he has certainly made his mark. Fresh from winning the fiercely contested Radio Station category at the Music Week Awards, here the friendly master of the airwaves talks breaking acts, developing the next generation of broadcasters, AI and some of the common misconceptions about radio’s place in the modern music industry...

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