NTS Radio 1

NTS Radio 1 is one of the music platform's two main live channels. Its schedule brings together programmes made by resident hosts and visiting contributors, with musical discovery at the centre of the service. The broadcaster began in 2011 and has developed a wide-ranging show collection, giving the live channel access to perspectives from many different scenes and countries.

The NTS approach gives hosts freedom over their selections, with contributions from artists and DJs in more than eighty countries. Its two main channels operate throughout the day without on-air advertising. Hip-hop, highlife, jungle and Japanese pop are among the many musical traditions represented across the platform.

The wider NTS programme provides concrete examples of that range. Kristin Kontrol's Out of Vogue is a monthly series from Los Angeles, made by the former Dum Dum Girls frontwoman. Its editions move through new wave, synth-pop, folk, ambient and art rock. One recent selection connected Arthur Russell, Talk Talk, Public Image Ltd, The Cure and The Durutti Column, illustrating the personal musical connections that shape an individual show.

Radio 1 is one live route into this broader NTS world, with its own changing timetable rather than a permanent assignment to a particular genre or presenter. The platform also keeps extensive programme archives and publishes tracklists, allowing the individual selections to retain their identity after broadcast. Alongside the two main schedules, NTS offers separate themed Infinite Mixtapes, but the first live channel follows programmes made by different contributors. Its appeal is the succession of distinct musical viewpoints within one continuous broadcast.