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for BBC Radio 1

Rating Summary based on 137 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		50
  • 4 Stars
    		33
  • 3 Stars
    		13
  • 2 Stars
    		29
  • 1 Star
    		12

Detailed rating

  • How good are the presenters?
  • Quality of information
  • Quality of programming
  • Quality of reception
  • Range of programming
  		• 3.6
  		• 3.5
  		• 3.6
  		• 4.7
  		• 3.5
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  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    exup35

    3 Stars hit and miss, 07/03/2011

    Advantages Advantages Great for introducing the public to new artists and music

    Disadvantages Disadvantages bland, dumbed down, daytime playlist and content, tries too hard to be with it

    Radio killed the radio star If it isn't broke don't fix it. Unfortunately this is one piece of advice that the bosses of Radio 1 either have never heard of, or ignore completely. When Radio 1 is good, then its excellent to listen to, but when it's bad, it leaves you searching around frantically for another radio station, or something else to listen to as it just becomes annoying very very quickly. This mainly is down to the DJ who is on at the time, but the DJs themselves seem to have a very questionable selection process. In the past has been good at times, but at others, like at this current ... more
  • 49 of 49 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lilly2006

    5 Stars *My Saviour* Review with images 22/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You wake up with Moyles

    Disadvantages 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. ----------------------------------------​--------- The Chris Moyles Show 7am - 10am ----------------------------------------​---------- background about chris Chris joined Radio One in July 1997 and back ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bigbtommy

    4 Stars 'ONE' MORE TIME 24/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Evenings.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pop.

    -[ What is Radio 1? ]- Radio 1 is a radio 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! She has such an annoying voice and personality, and seems to be frequently outsmarted by a blank CD ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    scottyk

    5 Stars There's talent now after Bannister made Blood 09/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages talent on show is better than ever before. At last..some dance!

    Disadvantages 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 project that stung the nation. What he produced several years on is a credit to himself and shows his initiative was right. Youngsters had clearly ... more
  • 40 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    purdy

    5 Stars ROCKS MY WORLD 04/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Variety of music, fun and banter

    Disadvantages 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 favourite back then, his show was manic to say the least with Captain Filleting Fish!! Bruno Brookes hosted the Top 40 and Dave Lee Travis (the Hairy ... more
  • 34 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    RuthHolohan

    4 Stars Mark and Lard, and Chris Moyles. 14/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Entertaining chat, cheesy tunes.

    Disadvantages 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 from time to time. My all-time favourite has to be the 'One Man and his Frog' frogging (only during season and sponsored by Canesten and formally ... more
  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Solex

    2 Stars No longer number 1 22/03/2002
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Some good music and shows....

    Disadvantages Disadvantages ....but also some bad music and shows

    Once again I have been at school and so I thought I should share some wisdom with what I do all day – that would be not paying attention, chewing my pen and getting it caught in my brace and dozing off at any given opportunity. Oh and I do a bit of work – how could I miss that out. No, really I do work, so I thought it’d be an idea to write an op about what I have been doing in Media (my teacher thinks I could be on for an A or A* at GCSE). We have been doing a lot about radio. You know, what is the style, when is the best time and who listens to them. This all goes down to ... more
  • 19 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 Bev_C

    Member since 30/06/2001

    Reviews written: 2

    4 Stars Stop....carry on with Radio 1 03/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Mark and Lard, Chris Moyles

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sara Cox

    Listening to Radio 1 generally gives me a couple of laugh out loud moments every day as well as a chance to dance around like a mad women. Since my son was born I have been around the house a lot more during the day. I listen to the Radio whilst giving him his breakfast, we have a sing and a dance whilst tidying up in the morning and we have it in the lounge when Harvey is playing with his toys. Basically it is on all day. I can't really comment on the evening schedule since as soon as Harvey is in bed I tend to turn it off and enjoy the peace and quite. The playlist is fairly limited. They ... more
  • 36 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    stoffy

    2 Stars Radio Ga-Ga 23/12/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages More varied playlist than commercial stations

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sara Cox, too much banter

    Radio 1 is one of those things that you can never avoid, like a cold at Christmas or Carol Vorderman. Millions upon millions of people rely on Radio 1 to play them their favourite songs, and to broaden their horizons as to which new music they should be listening to. I remember back in the days of Steve Wright and Nicky Campbell (although, alas, not Noel Edmonds and Tony Blackburn…). They playlist was mainly chart, and you would occasionally hear the likes of Simply Red and T'Pau, and other wine-bar specialities. However, the playlist nowadays is skewed more towards both indie and dance ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    em_moreton

    4 Stars The BBC goes youth 05/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Mark and Lard, Dance output

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Playlist is too small, too much repetition

    When I was a kid, Radio One was your mate chattering away in the background, playing the hits of the day and providing a bit of non-braintaxing entertainment to accompany your work or drive. Fine. I used to enjoy Steve Wright and his stupid characters, Garry Davies's rubbish jokes and Tommy Vance's impossibly deep voice. Then there was panic at BBC HQ, "we aren't geting enough young 'uns listening. We need the Yoof Factor". Chris Evans came in and allegedly saved the station single handedly. Then he decided he was bigger than the BBC and demanded Fridays off. Now OK, the Breakfast Show meant ... more
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