- Station name Station name
- BBC Radio 1
- Description Description
- It also plays a wide range of genres, including pop, hip-hop, R&B, dance, electronica, rock, indie and alternative music every day.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1967
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
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BBC Radio 1
United Kingdom
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music, current chart hits and future hits.
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| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | bbc.co.uk |
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Owner / network
BBC
First air date
1967
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| Station ID | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Owner | BBC |
| Launched | 1967 |
| Website | bbc.co.uk |
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| Last check | 1 hour ago |
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| Stream host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| Final host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | application/vnd.apple.mpegurl |
| Server software | c3 |
| Latency | 66 ms |
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About station About BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music, current chart hits and future hits.
It also plays a wide range of genres, including pop, hip-hop, R&B, dance, electronica, rock, indie and alternative music every day. Radio 1's sister stations are Radio 1 Anthems, dedicated to throwback music, Radio 1 Dance, dedicated to dance and electronic music, and Radio 1Xtra, which plays a variety of Black music. Radio 1 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 97.1 MHz and 99.7 MHz, digital radio, digital TV and BBC Sounds. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claims that it targets the 15–29 age group, and that the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 7.03 million with a listening share of 4.5% as of May 2026.
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