New bill kicks out English

26th March 2011

The new bill will mean stations will be forced to play music listeners don't like according to RMF

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A new proposed bill requiring that 60 percent of music played on the radio be in the Polish tongue has been heavily criticised by those in the industry.

The bill follows on from one introduced in 1992 which stated the a third of the music played had to be in Polish, although no times were given. The new proposals however, state that between 5am and 12am, 60 percent must be in the country’s native language.

Director of Music at RMF Adam Czerwinski told Rzeczpospolita, “We will be forced to play songs which no-one likes just to fulfil the terms of the new bill.”

“There’s no reason to regulate music on the basis of language,” popular DJ and vocalist Novika told the paper. � ...

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