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BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, while its sister station 1Xtra plays black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B.
Previously, Radio 1 had 'borrowed' BBC Radio 2's FM frequencies for approximately 24 hours each week, gradually reducing at the end of the 1980s until the final 'borrow' took place in March 1990, five months before Radio 2 became the BBC's first FM-only service when on 27 August 1990, BBC Radio 5 began broadcasting on Radio 2's MW frequencies.
BBC Radio Scotland – An English-language radio station for Scotland. BBC Radio nan Gàidheal – A Scottish Gaelic language radio station. BBC Radio Orkney – A part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland. BBC Radio Shetland – A part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland.
BBC Radio 1 stops borrowing BBC Radio 2's FM frequencies on Sunday evenings after 7pm. The UK Top 40 is the only remaining programme left to continue to borrow Radio 2's frequencies between 5pm and 7pm on Sundays. 24 November – BBC Radio 1 starts broadcasting on FM in Belfast and Oxfordshire with a simulcast of Top of the Pops. [32]
BBC Radio 1: New and contemporary hit music BBC: FM 97.1–99.7 12B 700 700 0101 901 BBC Radio 1Xtra: Black contemporary music BBC 12B 701 701 0127 907 BBC Radio 2: Classic and adult contemporary music BBC FM 88.1–90.2 12B 702 702 0102 902 BBC Radio 3: Classical music, drama and culture BBC FM 90.3–92.6 12B 703 703 0103 903 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 1 Anthems 8 November 2024 — — ... FM 95.5 MHz (until 3 Dec 2007) BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988 Gloucestershire: Gloucester: 1413 104.7 95.0
The BBC today runs national domestic radio stations, six of which are available in analogue formats (via FM or AM), while other have a purely digital format – they can be received via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) plus live streams and listen again on BBC Sounds. The current stations are:
1 March – Mark Goodier ends his first stint as presenter of BBC Radio 1's Complete UK Top 40. 8 March – Tommy Vance presents this edition of Radio 1's Top 40 programme. This is also the final time that the Radio 1 chart show runs for 2 and a half hours. 15 March – Bruno Brookes begins his second stint as host of the UK Top 40 programme.