What is BBC Radio 1?
{{distinguish|BBC Radio 1Xtra|BBC One}} {{Infobox Radio station | name = BBC Radio 1 | image = [[File:BBC Radio 1 2021.svg|150px]] | city = London | area = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]] - National | airdate = 30 September 1967 | slogan = ''Where It Begins'' | frequency = [[FM]]: 97.7 [[megahertz|MHz]] - 99.7 MHz <small>(UK)</small><br />[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12B <br />[[Freeview (United Kingdom)|Freeview]]: 700<br /> [[Virgin Media]]: 901<br />[[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky]]: 0101<br /> [[Tiscali TV]]: 600<br />[[UPC Ireland]]: 907<br />[[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]]<small> (USA & Canada)</small>: 11 <br />[[Dish Network]]<small> (USA)</small>: 6011 <br />[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1.shtml?listen Live Stream] Real/WM | share = 9.8% | share as of = Dec 2009 | share source = <ref>[http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php RAJAR listening figures]</ref> | format = [[Contemporary hit radio]], [[news]], [[outline of entertainment|entertainment]], [[speech]], [[Show business|showbiz]] | owner = [[BBC]]<br>[[BBC Radio]] | website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 BBC Radio 1] }} '''BBC Radio 1''' (often known as '''Radio 1''') is an [[international]] [[radio station]] that is based in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is owned by [[BBC]] and [[BBC Radio]]. Radio 1 started [[broadcast]]ing at 7.00 am on 30 September 1967. [[Tony Blackburn]] presented the first (later known as Breakfast) programme on the station. The station is meant to be listened to mainly by people aged 15–29.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/radio/radio_servicelicences/radio1_servicelicence_30apr2007.pdf|title=Radio 1 Service Licence (Issued 30 April 2007)|publisher=[[BBC Trust]]|date=30 April 2007|accessdate=23 November 2008|archive-date=27 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227084103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/radio/radio_servicelicences/radio1_servicelicence_