Radio Research

Who was the first ever Breakfast Show Presenter on Radio 1?

• 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.

List some other DJs who have presented the show.

• Noel Edmunds- 4 June 1973- 28 April 1978
• Dave Lee Travis- 2 May 1978- 2 January 1981
• Mike Read- 5 January 1981- 11 April 1986
• Mike Smith- 5 May 1986- 17 May 1988
• Simon Mayo- 23 May 1988- 3 September 1993
• Mark Goodier- 6 September 1993- 24 December 1993
• Steve Wright- 10 January 1994- 21 April 1995
• Chris Evans- 24 April 1995- 17 January 1997
• Mark and Lard- 17 February 1997- 10 October 1997
• Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball- 13 October 1997- 25 September 1998
• Zoe Ball- 28 September 1998- 10 March 2000
• Sara Cox- 3 April 2000- 19 December 2003
• Chris Moyles- 5 January 2004- 14 September 2012
• Nick Grimshaw- 24 September 2012- Present

Biographical Information on Nick Grimshaw

Nick Grimshaw was born as Nick Peter Andrew Grimshaw on 14th August 1984 in Manchester, England. He is the son of Peter Grimshaw and Eileen Grimshaw. He has two siblings, Andy Grimshaw and Jane Grimshaw.

Nick Grimshaw joined BBC Radio 1 and started presenting Switch, the BBC's youth strand along with his mate DJ Annie Mac where he worked for nine years. Nick Grimshaw is one of the famous celebrity of British industry. According to the BBC, his salary is in between $410,000-$470,000. He is also named the highest paid Radio 1's DJ in 2017. In total sum, he has an estimated net worth of $2 million. Grimshaw is often seen riding a Mercedes G-Wagon car worth $80 thousand. He was spotted looking to buy a house in Islington, London worth $2.1 million.

What are the current listening figures for Radio 1 Breakfast show? On October 26th 2017, it was reported that the show recorded 4.93 million listeners between July and September- down from 5.5 million last quarter, a record low.

The controller of BBC radio 1 is Ben Cooper, this can be suggested by there has been a recent dip in the viewing as ideas have seemed to have dipped in recent years.

The BBC is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up.

The radio 1 try to be distinctive by doing weird game shows and having live guests in to change up the schedules and so you almost have a live concert on your radio to attract all audiences and can the promote their own festivals if they have a good live act on their live lounge as almost a preview for their festival.

BBC doesn't make much money as they are all government funded so do not have sponsors and make money from adverts. where as commercial radio stations get money from adverts and sponsors making them money but have bigger pauses in between music so people tend to turn over to BBC radio stations.