In winter 2025, Radio 1 welcomed 14 new voices to the network, to broadcast a variety of shows across the Christmas period.

The BBC has launched its first DAB+ music stations. The three new station extensions from Radio 1 and Radio 3 are the first to be added to the BBC’s music portfolio since 2002 – when the BBC launched ...

The BBC has launched three new specialised DAB+ music stations as an extension to Radio 1 and Radio 3. BBC Radio 1 Dance, BBC Radio 1 Anthems and BBC Radio 3 Unwind are the corporation’s first ever ...

BBC Radio 1 crowned Skye Newman as its Sound Of 2026 winner at the start of the month. It follows a turnaround for UK talent at home and abroad in the past year, with a new generation of stars ...

In 2015, Zane Lowe left his job as a DJ on the BBC’s venerable Radio 1 in the U.K. to become the principal voice of a new digital radio station at the music-streaming service launched that year by ...