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    BBC Radio 1 was launched on September 30, 1967 as a "Popular Music Service" to replace pirate pop radio stations and broadcast pop music non-stop from 7AM to 7:30PM, followed by light music until 2AM. It was hugely successful throughout the 1970s and 1980s, commanding weekly audiences of up to 24 million listeners. Later in the 1990s, Britpop declined and manufactured pop came to dominate the charts, while new genre music occupied the evenings and late nights.

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    BBC Radio 1 was launched on September 30, 1967 as a "Popular Music Service" to replace pirate pop radio stations and broadcast pop music non-stop from 7AM to 7:30PM, followed by light music until 2AM. It was hugely successful throughout the 1970s and 1980s, commanding weekly audiences of up to 24 million listeners. Later in the 1990s, Britpop declined and manufactured pop came to dominate the charts, while new genre music occupied the evenings and late nights.

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    BBC Radio 1 was launched on September 30, 1967 as a "Popular Music Service" to replace pirate pop radio stations and broadcast pop music non-stop from 7AM to 7:30PM, followed by light music until 2AM. It was hugely successful throughout the 1970s and 1980s, commanding weekly audiences of up to 24 million listeners. Later in the 1990s, Britpop declined and manufactured pop came to dominate the charts, while new genre music occupied the evenings and late nights.

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    Radio Channel History

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    BBC Radio 1 was launched on September 30, 1967 as a "Popular Music Service" to replace pirate pop radio stations and broadcast pop music non-stop from 7AM to 7:30PM, followed by light music until 2AM. It was hugely successful throughout the 1970s and 1980s, commanding weekly audiences of up to 24 million listeners. Later in the 1990s, Britpop declined and manufactured pop came to dominate the charts, while new genre music occupied the evenings and late nights.

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    History of Radio Channel

    • BBC radio 1 was first launched on 30th September 1967.


    • From its inception and throughout the 1970's and 1980's BBC Radio 1 was hugely successful,
    commanding weekly audiences of up to 24 million listeners.
    • he Postmaster General, Edward Short, asked the BBC to create a 'Popular Music Service' on 247m
    during the hours outside peak-viewing of television. The BBC reported in August 1966 that they
    were finalising plans for a 24-hour radio music station to replace pirate "pop" ships.
    • Edward Short announced in Parliament on June 30th 1967 the BBC would open their new 'pop
    channel' on September 30th. The station would broadcast continuous pop music from 7AM to 7.30
    PM followed by light music and entertainment until 2AM.
    • The first music to be heard on the station was "Theme One", specially composed for the launch by George
    Martin.
    • Later in the 1990s the Britpop boom declined, and manufactured chart pop came to dominate the charts. New-
    genre music occupied the evenings, with a mix of specialist shows and playlist fillers through late nights.

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