Saturday, September 30, 2017
Radio 1 is fifty years old today, indeed fifty years old at 7am this morning. Tony Blackburn is recreating that first show right now, over on, erm, Radio 2.
To celebrate, the BBC have launched a pop-up station - Radio 1 Vintage - which'll be be broadcasting 50 hour-long documentaries each based around a particular DJ or show. That's a John Peel hour, a Noel Edmonds hour, an Anne Nightingale hour, a Tim Westwood hour, a Johnnie Walker hour, a Kenny Everett hour, a Radio 1 Roadshow hour, even a Kevin Greening hour, which'll be bliss. If I pace myself at two a day, I reckon I can get through the whole lot before they all fall off the iPlayer.
Here's a snapshot of Radio 1's regular daytime schedule every five years since 1967. What a lot of fun I've had doing all the research to pull this together.
year DJ at Radio 1 Age Now at.. 1967 7.00 Tony Blackburn 1967-1981 74 Radio 2 8.30 Rolf Harris 1st wk only 87 10.00 Jimmy Young 1967-1973 died 2016 12.00 Simon Dee 1967 died 2009 1.00 Dave Cash 1967-1973 died 2016 2.00 Pete Brady 1967-1968 75 4.30 Pete Murray 1967-1969 92 5.30 David Symonds 1967-1970 74 1972 7.00 Tony Blackburn 1967-1981 74 Radio 2 9.00 Jimmy Young 1967-1973 died 2016 11.00 Dave Lee Travis 1968-1993 72 1.00 Johnnie Walker 1969-1976 72 Radio 2 3.00 Alan Freeman 1967-1993 died 2006 1977 7.00 Noel Edmonds 1969-1983 68 9.00 Tony Blackburn 1967-1981 74 Radio 2 11.00 Paul Burnett 1974-1982 73 2.00 David Hamilton 1967-1977 79 4.30 Dave Lee Travis 1968-1993 72 1982 7.00 Mike Read 1978-1991 70 9.00 Simon Bates 1976-1993 70 11.30 Dave Lee Travis 1968-1993 72 2.00 Steve Wright 1980-1995 63 Radio 2 4.30 Peter Powell 1977-1988 66 1987 7.00 Mike Smith 1982-1988 died 2014 9.30 Simon Bates 1976-1993 70 12.45 Gary Davies 1982-1993 62 3.00 Steve Wright 1980-1995 63 Radio 2 5.45 Bruno Brookes 1984-1995 58 1992 6.00 Simon Mayo 1986-2001 59 Radio 2 9.00 Simon Bates 1976-1993 70 12.45 Jackie Brambles 1988-1994 50 3.00 Steve Wright 1980-1995 63 Radio 2 6.00 Mark Goodier 1987-2002 56 1997 7.00 Mark Radcliffe 1991-2004 59 Radio 2/6 9.00 Simon Mayo 1986-2001 59 Radio 2 12.00 Jo Whiley 1993-2011 52 Radio 2 2.00 Nicky Campbell 1987-1997 56 Radio 5 Live 4.00 Mark Goodier 1987-2002 56 2002 7.00 Sara Cox 1999-2014 42 Radio 2 10.00 Jo Whiley 1993-2011 52 Radio 2 1.00 Mark Radcliffe 1991-2004 59 Radio 2/6 3.00 Chris Moyles 1997-2012 43 Radio X 6.00 Dave Pearce 1995-2007 54 2007 7.00 Chris Moyles 1997-2012 43 Radio X 10.00 Jo Whiley 1993-2011 52 Radio 2 1.00 Edith Bowman 2003-2012 43 Virgin Radio 4.00 Scott Mills 1998-today 43 Radio 1 2012 6.30 Nick Grimshaw 2009-today 33 Radio 1 10.00 Fearne Cotton 2007-2015 36 1.00 Scott Mills 1998-today 43 Radio 1 4.00 Greg James 2007-today 31 Radio 1 2017 6.30 Nick Grimshaw 2009-today 33 Radio 1 10.00 Clara Amfo 2015-today 33 Radio 1 1.00 Scott Mills 1998-today 43 Radio 1 4.00 Greg James 2007-today 31 Radio 1
I bet there's a golden age you remember better than the rest...
» Day 1, Saturday 30th September 1967
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