Radio 1 Breakfast Show

  • It is currently hosted by Greg James for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) for public benefit.
  • This is because the mission of the BBC is to act in public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.
  • "inform educate and entertain” are the Reithian values which Lord John Reith came up with while he was the BBC Director General. 
  • The BBC are a public service broadcaster which means that in the event of an emergency it will alert people, did COVID updates and does political party broadcasts.
  • The BBC was made shortly after the first world war, as a group of manufacturers lead by Macroni made a request to the Government to help sell radio systems which weren't being bought due to lack of content.
  • The BBC's first transmission was in November of 1922 which included news and weather reports and are still broadcasting similar content a decade later.
  • Due to budget cuts by the Tory government the future of the BBC is unsure as lots of people have different ideas of what should be done with it.
  • Some people think that it should be funded through taxes as apposed to a TV license.
  • While TV advertising is worth £4 billion a year the TV license is worth £3.8 billion.
  • Radio 1's remit is to entertain young listeners with a distinctive mix of contemporary music and speech its target audience is 15-29 years old.
  • BBC radio 1 dropped from 8 million to 5 million viewers over night after the old host was dropped.
  • Rajar gives quarterly updates on radio audiences.
  • BBC Radio 1 gets £54m from the BBC Radio budget of £653m while BBC Radio 2 gets £60m.
  • Smart speakers like Alexa help keep radio running especially for older audiences who can't use BBC Sounds very well although not very applicable to BBC Radio 1
  • As a public service radio it must be politically balanced.
  • BBC must do 2 major charity campaigns a year or else they will be shut down. 
  • DJ stands for Disk Jockey. Radio regulated by OFCOM. have a loose script that can be changed to flow naturally with the show.
  • Add things to the show before it starts to stay relevant.
  • Can get last minute guests before the show. 
  • They plan a lot but are open to improvising.
  • Things are always changing in Radio.
  • People on the show are always listening and writing down any funny or relevant stories that could be put on the radio.
  • Producers have trust in crew to 'know what good radio is'.
  • If guests are uninteresting they won't be kept for long.
  • Radio presenter doesn't have to be perfect and can be rough around the edges.
  • Have to be aware of what audience is interested in.
  • RAJAR collect audience figures
  • there are lists for different artists that will get different plays such as A list-25 times a week, B list-15 times a week and C list-5 times a week
  • when choosing who to play they have to consider who's popular ignoring their own taste as well as avoiding controversy
  • BBC Sounds is successful keeping football commentary, podcasts and radio in one place
  • Greg James made a book called Kid Normal
  • Twitter rebranding to X has made the BBC stop using it as their main social media app
  • BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend and was hosted in Luton in 2024 as it moves around the country
  • radio 2's listeners dropped 350,000 after its presenter Zoe Ball
  • It is common for numbers to drop after a host is replaced causing listeners to move to other stations
  • a team of producers listen to new releases every Tuesday and decide which songs will be played on Radio 1 after a debate
  • If uploaded on BBC introducing they have a chance to be spotted by a producer and put on the radio
  • building a team of:
    • manager
    • live agent
    • radio promoter
    • press agent
  • the internet is too vast to expose artists but radio is a lot more specific
  • Greg James most popular segment is sit down stand up where he gets celebrities to call other celebrities and ask if they're sitting down or standing up with a clip of Tom Holland playing getting over 1 million views on YouTube with its own visuals Tom Holland is perfectly in the demographic and appeals to the demographics
  • Unpopular opinions is another very popular segment of the show he does with celebrity guests
  • Benedict Cumberbatch featured who is already part of the BBC family
  • The RAJAR figures for Quarter 4 of 2023 records that BBC's live radio services have 31.29m people tuning in weekly with a share of 43%
  • Also according to RAJAR's Quarter 4 records Radio 1 Breakfast Show had 4.29m 10+ listeners.
  • Christmas music contributed to a whopping record 6.2 million plays for music mixes on BBC Sounds, up 32% from last year as of Quarter 4 2023.
  • Radio 1 has retaken the title of most popular breakfast show

Minute Of Me

  • In 2022 the BBC put on a segment where 100 people could air their views
  • This is part of the requirement for social action campaigns
  • on the website they have links to different hotlines for the issues that are mentioned
  • This shows interest and care for the listeners
  • embraced Tik Tok to help cater to a younger audience and keep up with the times

It should offer:

  • A range of new music
  • supporting emerging artists
  • provide a platform for live music
  • news to educate audiences
  • broadcast at least 40 new documentaries a year
  • offer two social action campaigns each year

TV licenses pay for the BBC and everyone has to pay £159 a year and £53.50 for black and white TVs. The license fee funds:

  • 57 radio stations
  • IPlayer and Redbutton
  • TV channels
  • BBC Online
  • BBC World Service
  • S4C (Welsh Public Service Broadcaster)
  • Local TV
  • Broadband infrastructure roll outs
Popular radio stations in the UK:
Private advertisements
  • Capital FM
  • Absolute Radio
  • Smooth Radio
  • Heart
Public
  • BBC Radio One
50% of the class have listened to the radio in the past week, people listen to it in the car, on their phones, at work or on an Alexa.

most popular breakfast show


  1. Radio 2 Zoe Ball Breakfast show
  2. Heart Radio
  3. Radio 1 Breakfast Show

Radio 1 playlist

What is going to be played is decided by a committee, they choose around 40 records a week with 25 A list records, 15 B list records and 8-10 C list records. Its guided by what is popular with young people to keep an under 30 audience. The current head wants to move away from this data-driven approach to choosing what will get played. The playlist gets put on the website every week

BBC1 radio presenters

  1. Greg James-current
  2. Nick Grimshaw-before Greg James
  3. Chris Moyles-before Nick Grimshaw
  4. Chris Evans-before Chris Moyles

Regulation

Radio is regulated by OFCOM which is government approved and puts the BBC under more scrutiny since it's a PSB. OFCOM requirements:
  1. Impartial news and information
  2. Educative
  3. High quality distinctive programs 
  4. Reflecting, representing and serving all communities across Britain 
  5. supporting creative industries
  6. reflecting the UK and its values to the world

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