Ex broom-cupboard presenter and Channel 4 youth TV boss Andi Peters is took take over as producer of Top of the Pops this autumn, and is promising some big changes.
Announcing the appontment Lorraine Heggessey, BBC1's controller, said: "The question is, are the pop charts as valid as they were? I'm hoping Andi will be able to tell me. We have to evolve the strand all the time. There are now lots of different charts and the music scene has fragmented. My daughter is downloading music from the internet, by bands I've never heard of, and she's only 13."
Chris Cowey, who has executive-produced Top of the Pops for the past six years, made the decision to leave the BBC after learning that Peters was set to run things above him.