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BBC Radio Derby 29 April 1971 Derbyshire East Staffordshire: Derby: 1116 104.5 95.3 96.0 10B 735 — BBC Radio Leicester 8 November 1967 Leicestershire Rutland: Leicester — 104.9 11B 721 MW 837 kHz (1976–1996) [note 4] BBC Radio Nottingham 31 January 1968 Nottinghamshire: Nottingham — 103.8 95.5 95.1 12C 720 MW 1584 kHz (1984–10 Jan 2018)
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.
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: Spoken-word programming, including news and ...
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.
The BBC also syndicates radio and podcast content to radio stations and other broadcasting services around the globe, through its BBC Radio International business, which is part of BBC Studios. Programmes regularly syndicated by BBC Radio International include: In Concert (live rock music recordings from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, including ...
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.
1 May – BBC Radio 1 begins broadcasting a 24-hour service on a permanent basis, but only on FM – the station's MW frequencies are switched off each night between midnight and 6 am. May – The BBC Night Network is expanded to incorporate the BBC's four north west stations. Programmes start an hour later, at 7:05 pm.
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]