Radio 1 Breakfast: Difference between revisions

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The show ran six days a week until February 1968 (see [http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Genome Project]), then five days a week until June 2018, when the Friday show was dropped and incorporated into the station's weekend schedule, hosted by former ''[[Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show|Weekend Breakfast]]'' hosts [[Matt Edmondson|Matt]] & [[Mollie King|Mollie]]. In January 2021, the show returned to broadcasting five days per week.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-06|title=Radio 1 announces new presenter line-up|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-54837292|access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref>

The first breakfast show presenter was [[Tony Blackburn]], who spoke the first words on Radio 1 and remained in the slot for nearly six years. Other [[disc jockey|DJs]] who have hosted the breakfast show for more than five years are current host [[Greg James]] and former hosts [[Nick Grimshaw]], [[Mike Read]], [[Simon Mayo]], and [[Chris Moyles]]. Moyles was the longest-serving Radio 1 breakfast show presenter, having hosted Radio 1's ''[[The Chris Moyles Show]]'' for eight years from 2004 to 2012.

In March 2020, dueat tothe start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], ''Radio 1 Breakfast'' was moved to 7am until 11am.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC - BBC Radio 1 implements changes to schedule amid Coronavirus crisis - Media Centre|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/radio1-coronavirus|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> [[Adele Roberts]]' Early Breakfast Show was extended by thirty minutes until 7am. [[Scott Mills]], [[Chris Stark]] and [[Clara Amfo]] rotated their shows every week between 11am and 3pm and Nick Grimshaw started his show at the earlier time of 3pm. The measures took place in order to help BBC Radio 1 promote [[social distancing]] and to limit the number of staff allowed in the studio. The show was then reduced to 3 hours (i.e. 7am until 10am) since 29 June 2020, in which 10am until 11am was allocated for Radio 1 Anthems, also with [[Greg James]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BCC Schedules|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl86/2020/06/29|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The changes took place until 31 August 2020.

Starting 1 September 2020, the schedule reverted to its 3 hours 30 minutes length, but running from 7am until 10:30am, instead of 6:30am until 10am as previously.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC - BBC Radio 1 to return to regular broadcast schedule with brand new time slot for Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - Media Centre|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/radio-1-schedule-returns|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In November 2020, Radio 1 announced that James's Breakfast show be broadcast five days a week from the start of January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/radio-1-new-presenters-january-2021|title = BBC Radio 1 announces new presenters and shows for January 2021}}</ref> Starting July 2023 the show airsaired between 7:30-11:00 except for Friday when it’sit was 7:00-10:30. thisThis will returnreturned to 7:00-10:30 Monday-Friday in September 2023. Starting 1st July 2024, the breakfast show returned to the 7:00-11:00 time for the summer except on Fridays when it remains at 7:00-10:30.