BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

I first started listening to Radio 1 about 3 or 4 years ago and since then i have never switched back to local radio. Apart from the great music old and new, you also have great DJ's. I listen to Radio One in the morning around 7.45 on my way to work till about 9 and then on my way home ... Read review

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*My Saviour*

Advantages: You wake up with Moyles
Disadvantages: You get home with Mills

I first started listening to Radio 1 about 3 or 4 years ago and since then i have never switched back to local radio.

Apart from the great music old and new, you also have great DJ's. I listen to Radio One in the morning around 7.45 on my way to work till about 9 and then on my way home from 5pm to 6pm. So generally i listen more to Chris Moyles breakfast show and Scott Mills in the afternoon.

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_background about chris_

Chris joined Radio One in July 1997 and back then did the 4am show. Since then he has called himself 'The Saviour of Early Morning Radio'. Chris also won a Silver Sony Radio award for DJ of the year.

_the team_

Chris is joined on the show by Comedy Dave (his sidekick) who is director of comedy on the show, Comedy Dave is also on weekends with Chappers who features on ... more

lilly2006 22.02.2006 (22.02.2006)
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'ONE' MORE TIME

Advantages: Evenings.
Disadvantages: Pop.

...channel run by our fine BBC and plays music. Many people have criticised it because it's pop pap, but it seems to be getting better. There seem to be less N'Sync and Britney 'songs' being released, so Radio 1 is improving. -[ The DJs ]- Many of the DJ's seem to be too self-interested, and spend more time chatting than playing music. And most of them know next to nothing about music of any kind. So whos on then? SARA COX. God, is this woman annoying! ...
...to be frequently outsmarted by a blank CD. NEMONE. Quite a good DJ, and seems to know lots about music. She doesn't play a lot of 'pop', so can't be *TOO* bad, although she has her anthems which she seems to play every 10 minutes (like OPM's Heaven is a Halfpipe, which is good song, but why the repetition?) JO WHILEY. Now, she knows some things about music. Not only is she one of Radio 1's oldest DJ's, she has also presented shows on late night ...

bigbtommy 24.08.2001 · Read full review
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There's talent now after Bannister made Blood

Advantages: talent on show is better than ever before. At last..some dance!
Disadvantages: everything goes in cycles...when will it end?

If anyone saw the recent documentary on ex-Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister will know that the station has been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. For anyone who didn't, basically the story went like this. In the early nineties the station was in the dolldrums. Dinosaur dj's like Bruno Brookes and Dave Lee Travis ruled the airwaves and listening figures were waining. Then Matthew Bannister came in and became the axeman in a ...
...on is a credit to himself and shows his initiative was right. Youngsters had clearly turned off from Radio 1 and in the decision to axe the fore mentioned along with Steve Wright and co was pure genius. This was the man who brought in Chris Evans and although that one didn't go exactly to plan, with the Ginger one becoming too big for his boots, that was the catalyst that attracted many fresher faces to the Radio 1 frequency. Nowadays we have comedy ...

scottyk 09.02.2001 · Read full review
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ROCKS MY WORLD

Advantages: Variety of music, fun and banter
Disadvantages: DAVE PEARCE

From reading some of the opinions on the category of Radio 1 – l have found a mixed bag of feelings. Basically Radio 1 – you either love it or loathe it. Overall l love it – l always have done. The Past Back in the days when Simon Mayo hosted the Breakfast show, Simon Bates did the morning slots – remember the true stories with the awful background music, and Steve Wright did the afternoon bit – Steve was my personal ...
...least with Captain Filleting Fish!! Bruno Brookes hosted the Top 40 and Dave Lee Travis (the Hairy Cornflake) did Saturday mornings – with his double top quiz! Remember the Roadshows when your favourite DJ’s took to the roads during the summer months and broadcast to the nation. I loved the Bits and Pieces quiz. Radio 1 reminds me of happy teenage years. The station has under gone massive face-lifts in recent years and has transformed ...

purdy 04.10.2001 · Read full review
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Mark and Lard, and Chris Moyles.

Advantages: Entertaining chat, cheesy tunes.
Disadvantages: chat and tunes if they are not your scene!

Now I can't claim to be an expert on what happens on Radio 1 in the evening, but while I'm at work this station keeps me sane (and awake!). Mark and the boy Lard (aka Northerners Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley) host the Mark and Lard show between 1pm and 3pm, which is an entertaining blend of chat, games and cheesy tunes. You always know where you are with Mark and Lard as they follow the same format every day although they introduce new features ...
...be the 'One Man and his Frog' frogging (only during season and sponsored by Canesten and formally anusol, based on the sheepdog trials but with frogs instead of dogs) but other entertaining concepts are Slim and Shady (the squirrels, based on a childrens story but far more crude) and Wheel of Misfortune. Fat Harry White is sadly missed by many I'm sure (although his stories are apt to offend any American tourists in my shop who do not understand ...

RuthHolohan 14.07.2001 (17.07.2001) · Read full review
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No longer number 1

Advantages: Some good music and shows....
Disadvantages: ....but also some bad music and shows

...popular medium. BBC Radio 1 made it’s debut in 1967 on the 30th September after the government took over radio and aimed at bringing listeners to the airwaves. Over the years, BBC Radio 1 has grown and grown in popularity and has been the most popular radio station in the UK for many years, although it was overtaken recently by a resurgent Radio 2. But of the two, Radio 1 is actually more popular around the world, as more people can tune in ...
...3 stations I listen to BBC Radio 1 has to be between Vibe FM and SGR. I really like Vibe FM because I prefer the music. Sara Cox and Mark & Lard are people Radio 1 could do without in my opinion as I find them irritating and not funny. It’s harsh but that’s what I think. I have also found that everytime I turn the radio on, it's usually Ja Rule coming out the other end of the speaker and after a while it gets extremely frustrating! Has ...

Solex 22.03.2002 · Read full review
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Advantages: Cutting Edge Tunes
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