Scott Mills and Chris Stark bring back the LOLathon

Scott Mills and Chris Stark are hosting another 24 hour LOLathon on BBC Radio 1 for Red Nose Day 2021. The afternoon presenters have done it twice before, with the first one in 2017 causing a few complaints to Ofcom for the middle of the night sex hour and non-innuendo bingo. This year, Radio 1’s LOLathon kicks off on Friday 5th March at 8am and continues until Friday 12 March culminating in the 24-hour marathon show hosted by Scott Mills and Chris Stark. The marathon will commence at 9am on ...
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Greg James goes five days a week at BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is changing its schedule for 2021 with Greg James going five days a week and five new presenters joining the line-up. The news comes as Dev, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart are set to leave the network in December. In addition, Adele Roberts will move from Weekday Early Breakfast to Weekend Breakfast, whilst Arielle Free will become the new host of Radio 1 Dance and Radio 1’s Early Breakfast, moving from her current role as host of Weekend Early Breakfast. Greg moving to five days a...
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50 years of Annie Nightingale on Radio 1

Annie Nightingale's been speaking to Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw about five decades on the airwaves.
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Radio 1 changes schedule during coronavirus crisis

BBC Radio 1 is making changes to its schedule during the coronavirus crisis so it can continue its output while helping presenters and staff protect themselves and others. The duration of daytime shows will increase, meaning fewer presenters will be in the studio throughout the day. Instead of five shows across the day 4am until 7pm, there will now only be four. A small number of presenters will therefore rotate each week. The new schedule will come into effect from Monday 30 March and will rem...
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Sport Relief: Nick Grimshaw back after break due to heat exhaustion

The Radio 1 Presenter says his body temperature went up to around forty degrees.
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Nick Grimshaw pulls out of Sport Relief desert trek due to heat exhaustion

The Radio DJ is taking part in a 100-mile trek across the Namib desert in southern Africa for Sport Relief.
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Content Development Director at Bauer for Victoria Easton-Riley

Bauer Media has appointed Victoria Easton-Riley as Content Development Director for the Hits Radio Network in Scotland. Most recently, Victoria produced the Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Gemma, Gethin and Dave and, previous to that, was producer on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw. This newly-created role will see Victoria responsible for the development of Bauer people, talent and content for the Hits Radio Network broadcast teams across Scotland including Clyde 1 and Forth ...
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Tina Daheley joins BBC Radio 2 breakfast team

BBC Radio 2 has announced the full team for the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, with former Radio 1 breakfast newsreader Tina Daheley joining the station. She’s added to the previously announced line-up of travel presenter Richie Anderson and sports presenter Mike Williams. Zoe says: “I am thrilled to be joined by such a talented trio in the form of Richie, Tina and Mike. Now this top team are ready for Monday, we can’t wait for people to hear the show!” Tina presented Newsbeat on Radio 1 as well as...
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Cheryl says she's been 'seeing someone' for anxiety for the past year

The singer told Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw that she's been getting help for the past year for anxiety.
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RAJAR Q3 2018: London and national brands update

Nick Grimshaw left the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with half a million more listeners than a year ago – handing them to Greg James who took over the show halfway through the last quarter. The show now attracts 5.75m listeners (Mon – Fri) and is up 465,000 Year on Year. In London, Capital is back on top with almost 2,100,000 listeners according to Reach in the London commercial radio battle, as Kiss slips back under the 2m listener mark (1,958,000). Magic is in third place (1.5m) whilst Heart c...
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Nick Grimshaw: My top Radio 1 Breakfast Show moments

The presenter, who is stepping down from slot, on his best times on the show.
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Nick Grimshaw and Greg James found after 'biggest game of hide and seek'

Nick Grimshaw and Greg James found by listener after 'biggest game of hide and seek'.
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Evans earning £1.6m for Radio 2 breakfast show

Chris Evans remains the BBC’s highest paid radio presenter in the latest figures published by the corporation today. The 2017-2018 annual report shows the Radio 2 breakfast show host being paid between £1.6m and £1.669m – compared to 2016-2017 when he was paid between £2.2m and £2.249m for his work on both Radio 2 and Top Gear. He is replaced at the top of the BBC pay list this year by Gary Lineker, who was paid £1.75m. Radio 2 presenters Graham Norton (£600-610k), Steve Wright (£550-560k) an...
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Greg James tops off week with engagement news

Radio 1’s new breakfast presenter Greg James has finished off a big week for him by announcing on Instagram that he’s engaged. Earlier this week it was announced he’ll be swapping places with Nick Grimshaw in the autumn, as Grimmy steps down from the Radio 1 breakfast show after 6 years and moves to Drivetime. Greg posted news of his proposal from girlfriend Bella Mackie – a former Guardian journalist – on Instagram, saying: “Oh while we’re doing announcements, here’s something else…I’m havin...
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Nick Grimshaw: My top Radio 1 Breakfast Show moments

The presenter, who is stepping down from slot, on his best times on the show.
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Nick Grimshaw announces Radio 1 Breakfast Show exit

Nick Grimshaw will be replaced by Greg James after almost six years on the early morning show.
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Greg James and Nick Grimshaw swap Radio 1 shows

Nick Grimshaw is coming off the Radio 1 breakfast show after six years to host drivetime in a direct swap with Greg James. Greg joined Nick live on air this morning to share their news with listeners. Nick began hosting The Radio 1 Breakfast Show in 2012 and this week, he became the second-longest running breakfast show presenter in the station’s history after Chris Moyles. Now he is passing the breakfast show baton over to Greg, who joined the BBC from student radio. They will start their ne...
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Nick Grimshaw to leave Radio 1 Breakfast Show

The presenter is moving to the drivetime slot on Radio 1 and will be replaced by Greg James.
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RAJAR Q1 2018: Heart grows bigger than Radio 1

Heart has overtaken BBC Radio 1 in terms of weekly reach for the very first time – making it the first commercial radio brand to ever have more adult listeners than the historic BBC station. BBC Radio 1 has dropped from 9.8m to 9.4m in reach this quarter (15+) whilst the Heart brand is up to 9.5m across Heart, Heart 80s and Heart extra. The increase for the brand is helped by Heart 80s – now reaching 1.4 million people every week just a year after it was launched. However, BBC Radio 1’s audie...
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Weekends to start on a Friday at BBC Radio 1

Fridays will be part of the weekend schedule at BBC Radio 1, as Nick Grimshaw goes four days a week and Scott Mills takes over the Official Chart Show from June.
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Grimmy rages at noisy cinema snacking during A Quiet Place

BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw reveals why a recent cinema trip turned into his own horror movie.
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Ariana Grande and Troye Sivan have recorded a song together

Troye revealed the collaboration on Nick Grimshaw's BBC Radio 1 show.
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Can Selena Gomez Remember The Lyrics To Her Barney The Dinosaur Duet??

Can Selena Gomez remember her own lyrics? That's what Nick Grimshaw wants to know in her new BBC Radio 1 interview! Related: Selena & Justin Bieber Had A PDA-Filled Valentine's Day Date! Spoiler alert: let's just say that her duet partners Demi Lovato and Barney The Dinosaur are probably going to have very different reactions to this video... Ch-ch-check out Selena's magic memory (below)! [Image via YouTube.]
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Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 listening figures bounce back

BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 gained breakfast listeners, whilst commercial stations also improved figures.
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Nick Grimshaw turns Dr in latest radio comp

BBC Radio 1 Breakfast with Nick Grimshaw has a feature where guests are wired up to a heart rate monitor.
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Watch Maisie Williams React To Possible Game Of Thrones Endings — While Attached To A Heart Rate Monitor!

If you've never seen the BBC Radio 1 Heart Rate Monitor Challenge, it's basically your standard talk show interview -- but with a heart rate monitor constantly updating you on how excited or upset the celeb is! In this case, Nick Grimshaw grills Maisie Williams about her celeb crushes, her boyfriend Ollie Jackson, and of course embarrassing naked and drunk stories. Related: Arya Is Now One Of The Most Popular Baby Names But it's special guest Eddie Redmayne who really puts the screws to the Star...
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Nick Jonas Squirms With Stress As Selena Gomez Recounts One Of Their Disastrous Dates — WATCH!

Rehashing the past!! On Wednesday, during a visit with BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show, Nick Jonas was reminded of a disastrous date he had with ex girlfriend Selena Gomez. For the program's Heart Rate Monitor game, Selly G filmed a video where she brought up the time Jonas ruined her first visit to Central Park. Related: Justin Bieber Claims He Knows "What Love Is"! Oh snap!! Apparently, Nick and Selena went on a double date with Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift (mind you, this was "over 10 years ago"),...
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Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 show gets worst ever listening figures

Nick Grimshaw's radio show has dipped below five million, according to latest Rajar figures.
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Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 show gets worst ever listening figures

Nick Grimshaw's radio show has dipped below five million, according to latest Rajar figures.
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