The reinvention of the station happened at a fortuitous time, with the rise of Britpop in the mid-90s – bands like Oasis, Blur and Pulp were popular and credible at the time and the station's popularity rose with them. The touring summer live broadcasts called the Radio 1 Roadshow – usually as part of the BBC 'Radio Weeks' promotions that took Radio 1, 2 and 4 shows on the road – drew some of the largest crowds of the decade. Grimshaw previously hosted Mon-Thurs 10pm-Midnight, Weekend Breakfast and Sunday evenings alongside Annie Mac. Because of its youth-orientated nature, Radio 1 plays a broad mix of current and potential future hits, including independent/alternative, hip hop, rock, dance/electronica and pop. [19] This new schedule took effect on Monday, 2 April 2012. It is also available through Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media. Shows have been presented by various YouTubers such as Jim Chapman and Hannah Witton.[21]. A number of the programmes on Radio 4 take the form of a "magazine" show, featuring numerous small contributions over the course of the programme—Woman's Hour, From Our Own Correspondent, You and Yours. Under this name, it visited Derry in Northern Ireland, as part of the Music Lives campaign, and Perry Park in Birmingham. The success of Moyles' show has come alongside increased success for the station in general. The reason jingles from PAMS were used was that the Musicians' Union would not agree to a single fee for the singers and musicians if the jingles were made "in-house" by the BBC; they wanted repeat fees each time one was played. Thus when Radio 1 was launched, there was no FM frequency range allocated for the station, the official reason being that there was no space, even though no commercial stations had yet been launched on FM. Wigan Warriors host Hull FC in the Super League - listen to live BBC radio commentary. Towards the end of the year, Steve Wright started the long-running Steve Wright in the Afternoon show. In recent years Radio 1 has used social media to help reach a younger audience. Scott Mills became the new host for The Official Chart and Dance Anthems, which replaces Greg James, and Maya Jama would present The Radio 1's Greatest Hits on 10am-1pm. This in turn changed the timing of the Weekend breakfast Show hosted by Mollie King and Matt Edmondson which now runs between 6.30 and 10 on Friday and on Saturday and Sunday is broadcast between 7 am and 10 am. Radio 1 often has a presence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The station is available on FM in most of Great Britain, parts of Ireland and the north of France; LW throughout the UK and in parts of Northern Europe, and the Atlantic north of the Azores to about 20 degrees west; MW in some areas; DAB; Digital TV including Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media, and on the Internet. ", BBC report damns its ‘culture of bias’ – Times Online, "The BBC's commitment to bias is no laughing matter", "Stephen Pollard: I don't want bias with my cornflakes — Commentators, Opinion", "Another woman on Radio 4's Today programme? Tickets for each Big Weekend are given away free of charge, making it the largest free ticketed music festival in Europe. The stream is no longer available on the Internet Radio platform. His last show was expected to be on 3 November 2018. The first incarnation of the BBC "blocks" logo was created in 1958. Acts which played at the event included Rita Ora, The 1975, Katy Perry, Jake Bugg and Pharrell Williams. [83], The 2016 event took place on 23 October and was hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Dua Lipa.[84]. They outlawed the pirates and then didn't, as they promised, cater for the market the pirates created. In 2000, Zoe Ball was replaced in the mornings by close friend and fellow ladette Sara Cox, but, despite heavy promotion, listening figures for the breakfast show continued to fall. Moyles continued to use innovative ways to try to tempt listeners from the Wake Up to Wogan show. For those who continued to listen, just after 9 am, Radio 1 jingles were played in reverse chronological order ending with its first jingle from 30 September 1967. While the station is often criticised for "waffling" by presenters, an experimental "more music day" in 1988 was declared a failure after only a third of callers favoured it. Programmes have also regularly been broadcast from other regions, notably The Mark and Lard Show, broadcast every weekday from New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester for over a decade (October 1993 – March 2004) – the longest regular broadcast on the network from outside the capital. "Europe's Biggest Dance Show" is a series of radio specials produced by Radio 1. However, this hormone can be artificially produced to improve the performance of, for example, athletes or cyclists by injection. The newly rebranded breakfast show was known as The Chris Moyles Show and it increased its audience, ahead of The Today Programme on Radio 4 as the second most popular breakfast show (after The Chris Evans Breakfast Show hosted by Chris Evans). On 18 October 2007 the regional programmes moved to a Wednesday night/Thursday morning slot from midnight to 2 am under the BBC Introducing banner, allowing Lowe's Thursday show to be aired across the network; prior to this change Huw Stephens had presented the Wednesday midnight show nationally. Radio 4 broadcasts the Shipping Forecast which, in August 2017, was 150 years old. Mayo replaced Smith on the breakfast show in May 1988. Radio 1 provides alternative programming on some Bank Holidays. The rollout of Radio 1 on FM began on 1 September 1988, starting with Central Scotland, the Midlands and the north of England. [citation needed]. The station is broadcast exclusively on BBC Sounds. BBC Humberside / BBC Leeds 7:45pm Hull FC v Catalan. In September, Vick Hope was announced to join Katie Thisleton replacing Spellman. In May 2020, Radio 1 announced a virtual Big Weekend. Opt-outs were transferred to longwave: currently Test Match Special, extra shipping forecasts, The Daily Service and Yesterday in Parliament. What is it? This agreement has now unfortunately come to an end and BBC Worldwide are in current discussions with the satellite radio station to find ways to continue to bring popular music channel, BBC Radio 1, to the US audience. In March 2014, Gemma Cairney left the weekend breakfast show to host the weekday early breakfast slot, swapping shows with Dev. [2][12], Music and sport are the only fields that largely fall outside the station's remit. It was followed by an extract from "Beefeaters" by Johnny Dankworth. BBC Radio 1 can be heard on cable in the Netherlands at 105.10 FM. On Fridays, Danny Howard will take over Mac's show at 6pm with Sarah Story, former Capital FM presenter, will present a new show at 8pm. Other changes include MistaJam took over Danny Howard on the Dance Anthems. The event was in Hull in 2017 and saw performances by artists such as Zara Larsson, Shawn Mendes, Stormzy, Katy Perry, Little Mix, Sean Paul, Rita Ora, The Chainsmokers, Clean Bandit and Kings of Leon.[80]. The 2017 event took place on 22 October and was hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora. It is broadcast between 4–6 AM on Friday and Saturday and Sunday between 5–7 AM.[45]. The show was formerly presented by Rory McConnell. The studios are linked by webcams and windows through the "Live Lounge", allowing DJs to see each other when changing between shows. In 2015, the event was held in Norwich and featured performances from the likes of Taylor Swift, Muse, David Guetta, Years & Years and others. Plans were approved by the BBC Trust in November 2014 and the channel launched on 10 November 2014.[66]. It recorded its highest audience, of 11 million listeners, in May 2011,[6] and was "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the 2003, 2004 and 2008 Sony Radio Academy Awards. Radio 4 replaced it on 30 September 1967, when the BBC renamed many of its domestic radio stations,[1] in response to the challenge of offshore radio. The engineering programme was initially completed in 1995. The changes took into effect in September 2018. The event was to celebrate the 2012 Cultural Olympiad in London and had artists such as Rihanna, Jay-Z and Florence and the Machine.[79]. The most recent change occurred in 2005 when the event was yet again renamed and the decision taken to hold only one per year, this time as Radio 1's Big Weekend. There had been a dance music programme on Radio 1 since 1987 and Pete Tong was the second DJ to present an all dance music show. BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. This means that Nick Grimshaw, Clara Amfo and Greg James would host four days in a week. In the event of a suspected catastrophic attack on Britain, submarine captains, in addition to other checks, check for a broadcast signal from Radio 4 on 198 longwave to verify the annihilation of organised society in Great Britain.[14][15][16]. Radio 1 provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, whilst its sister station 1Xtra plays Black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B. The sessions recorded for John Peel's late night programme are particularly renowned. Conversely, the journalist Mehdi Hasan has criticised the station for an overtly "socially and culturally conservative" approach. Shared with 1Xtra and Asian Network, short news summaries are provided roughly hourly on the half-hour during daytime hours with two additional 15-minute bulletins at select times. In September 2012, Nick Grimshaw replaced Chris Moyles as host of "Radio 1's Breakfast Show". To take advantage of Glastonbury Festival's fallow year in 2018, 4 separate Big Weekends were held simultaneously between 25 and 28 May. In 2006, DJs Chris Moyles, Scott Mills and Zane Lowe all won gold Sony Radio Awards, while the station itself came away with the best station award. [22] On 30 September 2017, Radio 1 celebrated its 50th birthday. It was hosted by Greg James, Mollie King and Maya Jama [86]. Longwave very occasionally opts out at other times, such as to broadcast special services, the most recent being when Pope Benedict XVI visited Britain in 2010. Its website has also been well received. On Sunday 30 September 2007, Radio 1 celebrated its 40th birthday. [5] Radio 1 was launched at 7:00 am on Saturday 30 September 1967. The station plays a selection of relaxation and well-being focussed shows.[89]. 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This article is about the British radio station operated by the BBC. Despite this, it gained massive audiences, becoming the most listened-to station in the world with audiences of over 10 million claimed for some of its shows (up to 20 million for some of the combined Radio 1 and Radio 2 shows). From 1999 until 2012, Radio 1 split the home nations for localised programming in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to allow the broadcast of a showcase programme for regional talent. Dance Anthems on Saturday have been confirmed starting to its original time slot from 4 pm. The launch of Radio 5 on 27 August 1990 saw the removal of Open University, schools programming, children's programmes and the Study on 4/Options adult education slot from Radio 4's FM frequencies. [33] He apologised on Twitter regarding this issue and Radio 1 had agreed with Charlie that he will not do the 10 remaining shows that were originally planned. Radio 1 regularly supports charities Comic Relief, Sport Relief and Children in Need. In the first quarter of 2011 Radio 1 was part of an efficiency review conducted by John Myers. [25], Criticism voiced by centre-right newspapers in recent years have a perceived left political bias across a range of issues,[30][31][32] as well as sycophancy in interviews, particularly on the popular morning news magazine Today[33] as part of a reported perception of a general "malaise" at the BBC. BBC World Service, which uses BBC Radio 4 FM & DAB frequencies between 01:00 and 05:20, is in stereo, but only on Radio 4 FM & DAB and not on its own dedicated DAB channel. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been temporary changes. Y2 is the studio from where The Chris Moyles Show was broadcast and is also the studio rigged with static cameras for when the station broadcasts on the "Live Cam". The Tuning Symbol (later to be known as the test card), was also used. After passing the £2,000,000 mark, Cotton appeared on the studio webcam in a stripy monochrome swimsuit. [50][51] Until the full station was removed in August 2011, Radio 1 was able to be heard by approximately 20.6 million listeners in North America on satellite radio alone. Use audio icons at the top of the page to listen to live commentary; Super League: Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors (19:45 BST) - BBC Radio Leeds & BBC Radio Manchester [56] Previously it was hosted by Vic Galloway (who also presents for BBC Radio Scotland); who had presented the show solo since 2004, after his original co-host Gill Mills departed. A month later, to coincide with an extension of broadcast hours, Radio 1 stopped broadcasting on Radio 2's FM frequencies on weeknights and on Sunday evenings and by 1990 all usage of Radio 2's FM frequencies had ended. In September 2020, a new schedule was announced. 88.0 – 90.2 BBC Radio 2 BBC, national. The BBC Home Service was the predecessor of Radio 4 and broadcast between 1939 and 1967. Why would athletes do this? Ben Cooper answered to the Director of BBC Audio and Music, Tim Davie.[17]. In 1982, the new Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show started, initially with Tony Blackburn supported by Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin. [48] A year later the FM frequencies became national after the police communication allocation changed, freeing up what is known today as 97–99 FM, which the BBC acquired. The change features Charlie Sloth gained a new slot called 'The 8th' which aired Mon-Thu 9-11pm. On Saturday 30 September 2017, Radio 1 celebrated its 50th birthday. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. Adele Roberts also joined the weekday schedule line-up, hosting the Early Breakfast show. Later in the 1990s the Britpop boom declined, and manufactured chart pop (boy bands and acts aimed at sub-teenagers) came to dominate the charts. This meant that The Radio 1 Breakfast Show was extended by 30 minutes until 10:30 am. These included Roundabout East Anglia, a VHF opt-out of the Today programme broadcast from BBC East's studios in Norwich each weekday from 6.45 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.[17] Roundabout East Anglia came to an end in mid-1980 ahead of the launch of BBC Radio Norfolk.[17]. The change took effect in April 2019. At this point, Radio 4 became available across all of the UK for the first time and the station officially became known as Radio 4 UK, a title that remained until 29 September 1984. Programmes transmitted live include Today, magazine programme Woman's Hour, consumer affairs programme You and Yours, and (often) the music, film, books, arts and culture programme Front Row. [citation needed], Another online-only sister station was launched on 22 April 2021. Continuity is managed from Broadcasting House with news bulletins, including the hourly summaries and longer programmes such as the Six O'Clock News and Midnight News, and news programmes such as Today, The World at One and PM, which by early 2013 had returned to Broadcasting House after 15 years at BBC Television Centre in White City. In the early to mid-1970s Radio 1 presenters were rarely out of the British tabloids, thanks to the Publicity Department's high-profile work. The changes took effect in January 2013.[20]. This was the first use of US-style jingles on BBC radio, but the style was familiar to listeners who were acquainted with Blackburn and other DJs from their days on pirate radio. Starting on 15 January 2012, The Official Chart Show began broadcasting on SiriusXM 20on20 channel 3, at 4 pm and 9 pm Eastern Standard Time. From September 1988, Radio 1 began its FM switch-on, with further rollout across the country through 1989. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. An online schedule page lists the running order of programmes.[18]. On 26 September 2020, MistaJam left BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra after 15 years. Many programmes are pre-recorded. In March 2000, Radio 1 decided to change the Roadshow format, renaming it One Big Sunday in the process. This quickly gave birth to the Essential Mix where underground DJs mix electronic and club based music in a two-hour slot. These two main studios (Y2 and Y3) are separated by the "Live Lounge", although it is mainly used as an office; there are rarely live sets recorded from it, as Maida Vale Studios is used instead for larger set-ups. DAB was "officially" launched in 2002 as sets became cheaper. The coverage is broadcast on long wave. BBC Manchester Monday 17th May. The new line-up of DJs for In New DJs We Trust was also announced with B.Traits, Mosca, Jordan Suckley and Julio Bashmore hosting shows on a four weekly rotation. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). They were replaced by Zoe Ball and Kevin Greening eight months later in October 1997, with Greening moving on and leaving Ball as solo presenter. Until recently, the studios were located in the basement of Yalding House (near to BBC Broadcasting House) which is on Great Portland Street in central London. Radio 4 is notable for news bulletins and programmes such as Today and The World at One, heralded on air by the Greenwich Time Signal pips or the chimes of Big Ben. It was also announced that Diplo would be leaving after 10 years. For a time during the 1970s Radio 4 carried regional news bulletins Monday to Saturday.
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