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'''Needle time''' was created in the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[Musicians' Union (UK)|Musicians' Union]] and [[Phonographic Performance Limited]], in order to restrict the amount of recorded music that could be transmitted by [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] ([[BBC]]) during the course of any 24 hour period. Until 1967{{Fact|date=March 2008}} the BBC was only allowed to play five hours per day of commercial gramophone records on the air.
The term "needle time" comes from the use (at the time) of phonograph records as the main source of recorded music, which were played on phonograph record players using a [[magnetic cartridge|phonograph needle]].
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