BBC Radio 1
Summary
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the BBC which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock or interviews. It is aimed primarily at the 15-29 age group, although the average age of the audience is 33. Radio 1 was launched at 7:00am on 30 September 1967 as a direct response to the popularity of offshore pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, which had been outlawed by Act of Parliament. The first DJ to broadcast on the new station was Tony Blackburn, whose cheery style, first heard on Radio Caroline and Radio London, won him the prime slot on what became known as the "Radio 1 Breakfast Show" (although its original formal title, as shown in the Radio Times was Daily Disc Delivery, while Blackburn himself referred to it eponymously as the Tony Blackburn Show).
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Media Talk podcast: The Review Show shift and music sales on the up
On this week's Media Talk, we hear from BBC4 boss Richard Klein about the Review Show's move from BBC2; and ask if there's finally light at the end of the tunnel for the music industry after a surprise upturn in global sales.
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Aggreko Powers Its Way To Prestigious Award Win
Aggreko, the world leader in the supply of temporary power and temperature control solutions, has been acclaimed as one of the top performers in the events industry over the last 12 months, at the prestigious Total Production International (TPi) Awards 2013. Aggreko was named Favourite Power Supply Company in recognition of the excellent service it [.
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Review: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, in vision
Newsbeat is a highly-regarded news show that airs on the BBC's young hit music station BBC Radio 1. For some reason today they ended up broadcasting it in video as well as audio, through the BBC Radio 1 website. I'm not keen on "visualising radio". Partly, it's because I see it as fulfilling a seemingly unstoppable desire for BBC Radio staff to stop working in radio but instead, to work on a cheap-looking television channel.
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Newsletter: Sony Awards entries close..
Phew, what a relief! Entries finally closed this week for the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards. Well done to everyone who got their entries in on time and good luck! Judging will get under way very soon and we’ll announce the Nominations in a live webcast on Monday 8th April.
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Media Talk podcast: BBC radio dominates Rajars
On this week's Media Talk we pin back our ears and take in the latest Rajar listening figures – new records for Radio 2 and 6 Music, but half a million listeners fewer for newly-youthful Radio 1. But that's not as Grim(shaw) as you might think.
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Newsletter: 5 days to Sony Awards deadline!
We don’t want to worry you, but YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS LEFT to get your entries in for the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013! If you haven’t started your entry yet, you really need to get cracking if you want a chance of winning the UK radio industry’s most prestigious award.
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‘Thanks for Tuning In’
Radio 1 DJs Nick Grimshaw (left) and Chris Moyles in the breakfast show studio. Photograph: BBC/PA.
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Chris Moyle's exit fails to halt fall in Radio 1 listeners
The departure of Radio 1's self-anointed "saviour", Chris Moyles, after eight years, failed to halt declines in the BBC's breakfast show listeners, according to quarterly Rajar figures published today.
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Radio 1 loses half a million listeners but Nick Grimshaw holds audience
Chris Moyles departure from breakfast show did not result in huge drop in listeners as station targets younger people.
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Newsletter: Less than 2 weeks to Sonys deadline!
There are less than two weeks left to get your entries in for this year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards – the closing date is 5pm on 6th February! Time to get your skates on if you want to be in with a chance of winning at the most prestigious awards in UK radio! If you haven’t heard it already, have a listen to last week’s RadioTalk podcast for some really useful tips on what makes a winning entry.
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