The CEO of the Australian Music Centre leads a campaign to save ABC Classic FM’s new music showcase.

John Davis, the CEO of the Australian Music Centre, has written an open letter to Mark Scott, the Managing Director of the ABC, Michael Mason, acting Director of Radio and Richard Buckham, Classic FM’s Station Manager to implore them to save ABC Classic FM’s New Music Up Late program. The radio show which showcases contemporary music and is a major media channel for the promotion of new Australian work was the first program to be confirmed as cancelled following the announcement last week of major changes to Classic FM’s schedule due to federal funding cuts. Davis also condemns the decision to move all broadcasts of jazz music from Classic FM to Radio National, which he believes will “fragment [Classic FM’s] audience in a way that seems ill-considered.” APRA AMCOS, the national copyright collective for Australia and New Zealand has published the letter on its website.

Davis writes that he is contacting the ABC’s management on behalf of the Australian Music Centre’s “630 represented composers, 1,200 members, 4,000 mailing list subscribers, and a larger constituency who use the AMC’s services, which includes...