"BBC; they wanted repeat fees each time one was played. The first music to be heard on the station was ""Theme One"", specially composed for the launch by George Martin. It was followed by an extract from ""Beefeaters"" by Johnny Dankworth. The first complete record played on Radio 1 was ""Flowers in the Rain"" by The Move, the number 2 record in that week's Top 20 (the number 1 record by Englebert Humperdink would have been inappropriate for the station's sound). The second single was ""Massachusetts"" by The Bee Gees. The breakfast show remains the most prized slot in the"
"Radio One (album) Radio One is a live album by English-American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was released posthumously in November 1988 by Rykodisc and compiles tracks recorded between February and December 1967 for broadcasts by BBC Radio. The album peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart, while in the United States, it charted at number 119 on the ""Billboard"" 200. After Hendrix's family gained control of his legacy, ""Radio One"" was supplanted by the more comprehensive ""BBC Sessions"" in 1998. In a contemporary review for ""The Village Voice"", Robert Christgau said ""Radio One"" is as"
"Radio One from the BBC Light Programme in October 1967, along with host Alan Freeman. Tom Browne took over in 1972 with ""Solid Gold Sixty"". This consisted of two hours featuring Radio One playlist tracks which were not in the Top 20, followed by a one-hour Top 20 rundown. Starting from March 1974, the playlist tracks were incorporated into Paul Burnett's 'All There Is To Hear', and the Tom Browne show was reduced to just the Top 20 for one hour at 18:00. In April 1978,Simon Bates took over as presenter. From May 1978, Radio One had started promoting the"
"Radio 1 opened in 1967. ""No One Needs My Love Today"" was not a hit, but it was featured as a climber by the offshore ""pirate"" station Radio London in the week beginning 20 November. One critic commented that ""any vocal shortcomings on this single are outweighed by her charming delivery"". Both ""No One Needs My Love Today"" and its ""B"" side, Pierre Tubbs' ""If Trees Could Talk"", were available on compilation discs and to download 40 years later. During ""Top of the Pops"" Juste met artists who contributed to the British rock boom of the mid-1960s. In January 1967"
"first song played on Radio 1. The album was released on 1 October 2007. The Raconteurs appear as the only band to cover a song, and have one of their own songs covered. Not all the years correspond to the original year of release, e.g. 1968, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997 and 1999. The songs were, however, remixed or re-released in those years. Radio 1: Established 1967 Radio 1: Established 1967 is a compilation album consisting of covers especially recorded for BBC Radio 1 by a number of artists to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the radio station. There are"
"and Radio London, which had been outlawed by Act of Parliament. Radio 1 was launched at 6:55am on Saturday 30 September 1967. Broadcasts were on 247 metres (1215 kHz) medium wave, using a network of transmitters which had carried the Light Programme. Most were of comparatively low power, at less than 50 kilowatts, leading to patchy coverage of the country. The first disc jockey to broadcast on the new station was Tony Blackburn, whose cheery style, first heard on Radio Caroline and Radio London, won him the prime slot on what became known as the ""Radio 1 Breakfast Show"". The"
"boost in listeners for Radio X and gave the station its best breakfast show figures in London in almost a decade. The original Radio 1 show lasted for three and a half hours, with news and sport read half-hourly between 06:30 and 10:00, except at 09:00. Starting on 1 January 2007, the show began with the ""Cheesy Song"", an opening song performed by session singer Richard Oliver in the style of the ""Station Song"" jingles which were commonly used in radio before the advent of 24-hour broadcasting. Starting on 5 January 2009, the song had its own day, for example,"
"Radio 1 on 13 July 2011. That track was released as a promotional single only, as an instant download upon preorder of the album on iTunes. The first official single, ""Read All About It"" (with guest vocals from Emeli Sandé), was released on 23 October 2011. On 30 October 2011, it reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart. The second single released from the album was ""Never Be a Right Time"", with guest vocals from Ed Drewett. The EP featured remixes from Document One and Drums of London, and a remix of ""How Many Moons"" featuring fellow UK rappers Dream"
"broadcast on MW was on 1 July 1994, with Stephen Duffy's ""Kiss Me"" being the last record played on MW just before 9am. For those who continued to listen, just after 9am, Radio 1 jingles were played in reverse chronological order ending with its first jingle from 30 September 1967. In the initial months after this closure a pre-recorded message with Mark Goodier was played to warn listeners that Radio 1 was now an ""FM-only"" station. Around this time, Radio 1 began broadcasting on spare audio subcarriers on Sky Television's analogue satellite service, initially in mono (on UK Gold) and"
"a three-hour show from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. each Sunday called ""Solid Gold Sixty"", the first two hours being devoted to new releases and climbers on that week's Radio One playlist. ""Solid Gold Sixty"" ran from October 1972 to March 1974. The first record that Tom Browne played on ""Solid Gold 60"" at 4.00 pm on Sunday 1 October 1972 was ""Honky Cat"" by Elton John. The first two hours were broadcast only on Radio 1's medium wave channel, which at that time was 247 metres (1215 kHz) although occasionally local radio stations broadcasting on FM in mono such"
"""digital-only"" radio station and named ""Network Y"". (""Network X"" became BBC Radio 1Xtra and ""Network Z"" BBC 7). The station opened at 7 a.m., Monday 11 March 2002, with a show presented by Phill Jupitus. At the start-up, presenters included Liz Kershaw, Andrew Collins, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe, Janice Long, Chris Hawkins, Gary Burton, Craig Charles, Stuart Maconie, Brinsley Forde, Suggs, Clare McDonnell, Bruce Dickinson, Tracey MacLeod, Sean Hughes, and Bob Harris. The first record played was Ash's Burn Baby Burn 6 Music attracted criticism for changing daytime schedules during late 2007 and early 2008. In response, Lesley Douglas, Controller"
"Radio 1 DJ John Peel and recorded their first session for his show (which was broadcast in March 1981). Recordings were done not only in London, but in Glasgow, too - for example, Endgames were the last band to do a recording session at the second home of Ca Va Studios in May 1981. During this time they played synth-rock characterised by cold-sounding synths, stiff rhythms and dark, brooding vocals reminiscent of Philip Oakey. This didn't sit well with the labels searching for the ""next big thing"" or the press, generally not very supportive of the ""futurist""/electronic movement. Various commitments"
"One for the Radio ""One for the Radio"" is a single by British band McFly, released first single from their fourth studio album, """", which was released 20 July 2008 via British national paper. The band's 14th single overall, ""One for the Radio"" is described as being about the band's ""constant struggle for critical acceptance"". The single was premiered on BBC Radio 1's Switch with Nick Grimshaw on 1 June 2008. It was the first single that was released under the band's new record label, Super Records, and was also the first McFly single to be A Listed at BBC"
"during the Nazi occupation. On Luxembourg, he presented the Saturday Top 20 show from 1967 to 1974. On 24 March 1974 Burnett joined BBC Radio 1 hosting a Sunday morning show ""All There Is To Hear"" (a radio one airplay chart show) and sitting in on the station's national Top 20 show. The first record he ever played on the station was Seven Seas Of Rhye by the group Queen. In 1976, an on-air parody of the U.S. hit single ""Convoy"", became ""Convoy GB"" (by Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks), which led to a release of the song as a"
"person, and in state of the art recording studios where there is room for several band members. Radio One is BBC's premier station for contemporary pop music, and has been hosting sessions with almost every touring band for over 40 years, setting the standard for radio sessions, hosting the like of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Captain Beefheart, and others. The Cowboy Junkies were invited to perform at Radio One on various tours when they were in the UK. Each visit to the recording studio had a different line-up of players. For their first session in 1989, only"
"Capital Radio One Capital Radio is a song and an extended play by the English punk rock band The Clash. The original 2:07-2:09 song has been included as ""Capital Radio"" or ""Capital Radio One"" on the ""Capital Radio"" EP (1977), ""Black Market Clash"" (1980), ""The Story of the Clash, Volume 1"" (1988), ""Clash on Broadway"" (1991), """" (1999), ""The Essential Clash"" (2003), and ""Singles Box"" (2006). Lyrically, the song is an attack on the music policy of what was (at the time) London's only legal commercial music radio station, which played mainstream chart hits and little if any punk. It"
"Radio One Breakfast DJ, Mark Radcliffe, told the Sunday Times, 'Initially I was intrigued by the look of them, by the name, by the image. Then I heard some really good songs. It certainly helps that they sound like early Bowie. Since most people will never see the band play, unless the records themselves work there is no point to all the theatricality. But this lot are messing about with the concept of what makes a pop band. Their act isn't just a gimmick. We need more bands like them.' On 11 December 1999, at the Falcon in Camden, Georgeson"
"Radio 1, DJ John Peel's show on 28 January 1980, broadcasting versions of ""Norman (He's No Rebel)"", ""Dark Park Creeping"", ""Kray Twins"" and ""Bitter Truth"". Further sessions followed on 26 August 1980 and 11 July 1981. The band signed to Decca Records subsidiary Deram and released one album, ""The Story So Far"", (Deram Records SML-1120) November 1980. The album chiefly consisted of pop-punk originals, as well as covers of The Rolling Stones' ""Paint It Black"" and Édith Piaf's ""Milord"". Also in 1981, billed as Bomberettes, they provided backing vocals on the track ""Fighter Pilot"" on John Cale's album ""Honi Soit""."
"– who was to remain the station's cleaning lady for its entire twelve-year history. The station's official ""first record ever played"" – on the launch date of 1 September 1989 – was ""Sowing the Seeds of Love"" by Tears for Fears, followed by ""Monkey"" by George Michael. The first record played during the period of Atlantic 252's test transmissions had been ""Ain't Nobody"" by Rufus and Chaka Khan ('89 Remix). Although the transmitter was in the Republic of Ireland, the signal's reach meant that it was often looked upon as a ""UK national station"". Reception reports were received from such"
"chosen by the UK government to come up with a station to replace the pirates, and so in 1967 BBC Radio 1 started broadcasting, employing many of the DJ's from the pirate stations (Tony Blackburn, Kenny Everett and John Peel etc.) and obtaining re-sings of the PAMS jingles. In fact it was Tony Blackburn who played the first pop record on Radio 1, The Move's ""Flowers In The Rain"". Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in"
"as a singer, Blackburn then worked as a DJ for the offshore pirate radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio London (1964–1967), before joining the BBC in 1967, initially broadcasting on the Light Programme. After a simulcast with Radio 2 hosted by Paul Hollingdale, Blackburn was the first DJ to be heard on BBC Radio 1 when it officially launched on at 7am on 30 September 1967, with his first words on the new station being ""And good morning everyone! Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1"". The Move's ""Flowers in the Rain"" was the first complete record he"
"of Dee Time on the BBC. Christopher Moore (DJ) Christopher Moore was a co-founder of the offshore pirate radio ship Radio Caroline, and the first voice to be heard on the air from that station. His opening words were ""This is Radio Caroline on 199, your all-day music station"". The first song played on Radio Caroline was by the Rolling Stones. At its peak in 1967, the station had 23 million listeners, and it revolutionized radio broadcasting in the UK. In 1991, Moore was interviewed extensively for the BBC TV show A Pirate's Tale, where he described his key role"
"Radio 1 Friday Rock Show Session on 13 May 1983. The session has Robin George on rhythm guitar and was first broadcast on 27 May 1983. The session was produced by Tony Wilson and engineered by Dave Dade. ""The Prize"" and ""One Night of Passion"" (disc 1, 17 – 18) were released in 1993 on Magnum's acoustic album, ""Keeping the Nite Light Burning"". Additional musicians Production The Eleventh Hour (Magnum album) The Eleventh Hour is the fourth studio album by English rock band Magnum, released in 1983 by Jet Records. The production of this album caused a lot of tension"
"supplied in real time by the show's Twitter feed. It is described as an 'audio journey through five decades of triumph, tragedy and trivia.' The first part of the series was first broadcast at 10pm on Thursday 7 April. Focussing upon 1951, it featured the real King's Speech (as he opens the Festival of Britain), a General Election victory for the Conservatives and their Liberal allies, the first hit single with multi-tracking (Les Paul’s ""How High The Moon""), the first rock ’n’ roll record (Jackie Brentson’s ""Rocket 88""), screen heroes from Marlon Brando to The Lone Ranger. The series was"
"Signal 1 Signal 1 is a British Independent Local Radio station serving Staffordshire and South Cheshire. The station is owned and operated by the Wireless Group, and broadcasts from studios in the Shelton area of Stoke-on-Trent alongside its sister station Signal 2. ""Signal Radio"" began broadcasting at 6am on Monday 5 September 1983. The first voice on air was breakfast presenter John Evington and the first song played was ""Beautiful Noise"" by Neil Diamond. Originally, Signal Radio aired as a single full service station on 104.3 MHz and 1170 kHz (257 metres). The station's name was derived from ""Signal"", the"
"CD2 UK CD3 One for the Radio ""One for the Radio"" is a single by British band McFly, released first single from their fourth studio album, """", which was released 20 July 2008 via British national paper. The band's 14th single overall, ""One for the Radio"" is described as being about the band's ""constant struggle for critical acceptance"". The single was premiered on BBC Radio 1's Switch with Nick Grimshaw on 1 June 2008. It was the first single that was released under the band's new record label, Super Records, and was also the first McFly single to be A"
"Radio 1 and sold well in Europe, being voted ""Record of the Year"" by Musik Mart magazine, in Germany. A period of recording for the Japanese Sam Corporation followed, with press and radio promotion including interviews for music publication ""Burrn!"" and J-Wave FM Radio. After this, English label RPM records released the CD single, ""Perfect World"" in 1995. Bonham spent 1996 organising a new band, together with new songs for an album and playing a series of shows such as headlining the Belfast Festival and a sell out show at the Bottom Line, in Shepherd's Bush. The beginning of 1997"
"BBC Radio 1 on 4 October 1980. On 28 September 2010, The Buggles reunited to play their first full-length live concert. The event was billed as ""The Lost Gig"" and took place at ""Ladbroke Grove's Supperclub"", Notting Hill, London, and was a fund raiser with all earnings going to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. Except ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" and ""The Plastic Age"" which the band had previously played together, ""The Lost Gig"" saw the first live performances of all songs from The Age of Plastic, and included Bruce Woolley performing vocals with Horn on ""Clean, Clean"". Clean, Clean"
"3 January 1977, its first programme being an extended news bulletin presented at 6:45am by Gwyn Llewellyn and Geraint Jones. This was followed at 7am by the first edition of the breakfast magazine show """", presented by Hywel Gwynfryn with contributions from a network of local reporters in studios across Wales. The first record played on Radio Cymru was ""Ffrindiau Bore Oes"" by Hergest. The station was the first broadcasting outlet dedicated wholly to programmes in Welsh, allowing much more airtime for such output than had previously been available on the old Radio 4 Wales (or its predecessors the Welsh"
"The Radio One Sessions (Stiff Little Fingers album) The Radio One Sessions is a compilation of performances by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers for BBC Radio, recorded between 1980 and 1982. Tracks 1–4 were recorded for the Mike Read show on February 1, 1980. Tracks 5–8 were recorded for the Mike Read show in April 1981. Tracks 9–12 were recorded for the David ""Kid"" Jensen show on November 19, 1981. Tracks 13–16 were for Kid Jensen again in September 1982. The four sessions encompass songs from all four of the band's albums before they split up in"
"1983, although they reformed four years later. The Radio One Sessions (Stiff Little Fingers album) The Radio One Sessions is a compilation of performances by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers for BBC Radio, recorded between 1980 and 1982. Tracks 1–4 were recorded for the Mike Read show on February 1, 1980. Tracks 5–8 were recorded for the Mike Read show in April 1981. Tracks 9–12 were recorded for the David ""Kid"" Jensen show on November 19, 1981. Tracks 13–16 were for Kid Jensen again in September 1982. The four sessions encompass songs from all four of the"
"Radio One (New Zealand) Radio One (also known simply as ""The One"") is a student radio station operating from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. It broadcasts on a frequency of 91.0 MHz. it is a member of the b.net group of stations, all of which are run from New Zealand University campuses. The impetus for the station began with an open letter to the President of the Otago University Students' Association (then Phyllis Comerford) from Alastair Thomson, who had worked on the Waikato University student radio station. This letter brought together other interested parties including members of"
"to them meant that new mixes and masters would have to be made, resulting in the delayed album only being released in March 1968 instead of the original plan of autumn 1967. Their third single ""Flowers in the Rain"" was the first chart single played on BBC Radio 1 when it began broadcasting at 7am on 30 September 1967, introduced by Tony Blackburn. However it was not, as is generally claimed, the first ""record"" played on air that day—Radio 1 opened with George Martin's specially commissioned ""Theme One"", followed by the theme of Blackburn's ""Daily Disc Delivery"" show (""Beefeaters"" by"