Two into 6 does go as head oversees digital radio playlist meetings.

Radio Two's Jeff Smith expands responsibilities to 6 Music as BBC digital aims to communicate its musical positioning better

Radio Two head of music Jeff Smith is taking charge of 6 Music's weekly playlist meeting as part of moves by the station to better communicate its musical stance to the industry.

Smith, whose head of music title now also covers the digital network, will chair his initial 6 meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) when a newly- structured playlist will come into play for the first time.

"We're just developing the music. The music policy remains the same, but it's trying to make it easier to understand for the industry," says Smith, whose new responsibility further strengthens the ties between the sister stations, with Lesley Douglas controller of both stations and Radio Two head of programmes Lewis Carnie having expanded his brief to 6 since the departure of the station's head of programmes Ric Blaxill last September.

"With the current playlist we're going to shorten it to 30 tracks," adds Smith. "It's about 34-35 tracks now so it's not a massive change. It's more of the same but an element of definition so it's 30 songs with smaller categories."

This will mean 10 tracks on the A-list, 15 on the B-list and five on the C-list, where Smith says there will be a chance to feature tracks beyond what the playlist would normally feature. "There's an opportunity to try out new and more interesting tracks and perhaps have a bit more experimental sounds on 6," he says.

"We're hoping this will raise our reputation for new music. New music isn't the only thing we do on 6 Music because there are so many other things - the archives will still be there; the sessions will still be there - but I want to raise the game even more and show our support for new music and play the right music in the right day parts so it works well. Tracks are also going to be added earlier."