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October 1967 In the early years, Radio 1 was very different. It was originally conceived as a general popular music network, broadcasting easy listening, jazz, folk and country as well as pop and rock music. The intention was that it would opt out of the Light Programme with music when the Light was carrying a speech programme. This was largely the pattern in the first few years, with a lot of sharing between Radios 1 and 2, though the two stations did carry separate music programmes at breakfast and late afternoon. The daytime schedules didn't fully separate until the 1970s. Another feature of the early schedule is that many programmes featured different presenters on different days or in different weeks. A lot of the presenters floated between several shows. |
October 1967 October 1968 January 1969 June 1969 October 1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1982 1983-1987 1988-1993 1994-1997 1998-2004 Schedules index R1 transmission history History of transmission 1 History of transmission 2 History links Features index | |
| Saturday 05:30 As Radio 2 07:00 Tony Blackburn 08:30 Junior Choice with Leslie Crowther (also on R2) 10:00 Saturday Club with Keith Skues 12:00 Emperor Rosko 13:00 Jack Jackson (also on R2) 14:00 Chris Denning (also on R2) 15:00 Pete Murray (also on R2) 16:00 Pete Brady (also on R2) 17:30 Country Meets Folk with Wally Whyton (also on R2) 18:30 Scene and Heard - magazine with Johnny Moran 19:30 As Radio 2 22:00 Pete Murray (easy listening, also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Sean Kelly (easy listening, also on R2) Sunday 06:55 As Radio 2 09:00 Junior Choice with Leslie Crowther (also on R2) 10:00 Ed Stewart - Happening Sunday 12:00 Family Favourites - Michael Aspel (also on R2) 14:00 Top Gear - Rock and Progressive Music with Pete Drummond and John Peel 17:00 Pick of the Pops - chart show with Alan Freeman (also on R2) 19:00 Mike Raven's R&B show 19:30 The Jazz Scene with Humphrey Lyttleton 21:30 As Radio 2 22:00 David Jacobs (easy listening, also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Dwight Whylie (easy listening, also on R2) |
Monday to Friday 05:30 As Radio 2 07:00 Tony Blackburn 08:30 Family Choice with a guest presenter (also on R2) 10:00 Jimmy Young (also on R2 until 11:00) 12:00 Midday Spin with Simon Dee (Mon), Duncan Johnson (Tue), Kenny Everett (Wed), David Rider (Thur) and Stuart Henry (Fri) (also on R2) 13:00(Mon) Dave Cash - Live Music 13:00(Tue) Keith Fordyce - Live Music 13:00(Wed) Bob Miller and The Millermen with Parade of the Pops - Live orchestral pop 13:00(Thur) Pop North with the Northern Dance Orchestra 13:00(Fri) The Joe Loss Show - Live orchestral pop 14:00 Pete Brady (also on R2 15:00-16:15) 16:30 What's New 17:30 David Symonds 19:30 As Radio 2 except... 20.15-22:00(Wed) Jazz Club with Humphrey Lyttleton 22:00 Late Night Extra - Easy listening with Pete Myers (Mon), Bob Holness (Tue), Terry Wogan (Wed), Barry Alldis (Thur), Mike Lennox (Fri) (also on R2) 00:00-00:35(Fri) Jazz at Night with John Dunn 00:00-02:00 Night Ride - Easy listening with Pat Doody (Mon), Bruce Wyndham (Tue, Thur), Robin Boyle (Wed), Roger Moffat (Fri) (also on R2) | |
| October 1968 | ||
| Saturday 05:30 As Radio 2 08:30 Junior Choice with Ed Stewart (also on R2) 10:00 Saturday Club with Keith Skues 12:00 Emperor Rosko 13:00 Jack Jackson (also on R2) 14:00 Tom Edwards 16:00 Jonathan King - What's New 17:30 Country Meets Folk with Wally Whyton (also on R2) 18:30 Scene and Heard - magazine with Johnny Moran 19:30 As Radio 2 22:00 Pete Murray (easy listening, also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Sean Kelly (easy listening, also on R2) Sunday 06:55 As Radio 2 09:00 Junior Choice with Ed Stewart (also on R2) 10:00 Stuart Henry 12:00 Family Favourites - Michael Aspel (also on R2) 14:00 Savile's Travels - magazine with Jimmy Savile 15:00 Top Gear - Rock and Progressive Music with John Peel 17:00 Pick of the Pops - chart show with Alan Freeman (also on R2) 19:00 Mike Raven's R&B show 20:30 Jazz on One - Peter Clayton 21:30 As Radio 2 22:00 Pete Murray (easy listening, also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Dwight Whylie (easy listening, also on R2) |
Monday to Friday 05:30 As Radio 2 07:00 Tony Blackburn 09:00 Family Choice with a guest presenter (also on R2) 10:00 Jimmy Young (also on R2 10-11 and 11:30-12) 12:00 Radio One Club - various presenters, including outside broadcasts 14:00 Dave Cash (also on R2 15:00-16:15) 16:15 David Symonds 17:45 What's New 18:45 Foreverett with Kenny Everett 19:30 As Radio 2 except... 19:45-20:45(Mon) Scene and Heard repeat 19:45(Wed) My Kind of Folk 20.45-22:00(Wed) Jazz Club with Humphrey Lyttleton 19:45-20:45(Thur) Swing Session with Hector Stewart 22:00 Late Night Extra - Easy listening with Bob Holness (Mon), John Benson (Tue), Terry Wogan (Wed, Fri), Barry Alldis (Thur) (also on R2) 00:00-00:35(Fri) Jazz at Night with John Dunn 00:00-02:00 Night Ride - Easy listening with Pat Doody (Mon), Bruce Wyndham (Tue), John Peel then Jon Curle (Wed), Dwight Whylie (Thur), Colin Nicol (Fri) (also on R2) | |
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January 1969 The late afternoon shows were reshuffled yet again. Kenny Everett replaced the long running Saturday Club and Jack Jackson moved to Radio 2 only. | ||
| Saturday 05:30 As Radio 2 08:30 Junior Choice with Ed Stewart (also on R2) 10:00 Everett is Here with Kenny Everett 12:00 Emperor Rosko 13:00 Scene and Heard - magazine with Johnny Moran 14:00 Guy Blackmore 16:00 Dave Lee Travis - What's New 17:30 Country Meets Folk with Wally Whyton (also on R2) 18:30 Pete Drummond 19:30 As Radio 2 22:00 Pete Murray (easy listening, also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Sean Kelly (easy listening, also on R2) Sunday 06:55 As Radio 2 09:00 Junior Choice with Ed Stewart (also on R2) 10:00 Symonds on Sunday 12:00 Family Favourites - Michael Aspel (also on R2) 14:00 Savile's Travels - magazine with Jimmy Savile 15:00 Top Gear - Rock and Progressive Music with John Peel 17:00 Pick of the Pops - chart show with Alan Freeman (also on R2) 19:00 Mike Raven's R&B show 20:30 Jazz on One - Peter Clayton 21:30 As Radio 2 22:00 Pete Murray (easy listening, also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Dwight Whylie (easy listening, also on R2) |
Monday to Friday 05:30 As Radio 2 07:00 Tony Blackburn 09:00 Family Choice with a guest presenter (also on R2) 10:00 Jimmy Young (also on R2 10-11 and 11:30-12) 12:00 Radio One Club - various presenters, including outside broadcasts 14:00 Dave Cash (also on R2 15:00-16:15) 16:15 Tony Brandon 18:30 What's New 19:30 As Radio 2 except... 19:45-20:45(Tue) Scene and Heard repeat 19:45(Wed) My Kind of Folk 20.45-22:00(Wed) Jazz Club with Humphrey Lyttleton 19:45-20:45(Thur) Swing Session with Hector Stewart 22:00 Late Night Extra - Easy listening with Bob Holness (Mon), John Benson (Tue), Pete Myers (Wed), Barry Alldis (Thur), Terry Wogan (Fri) (also on R2) 00:00-00:35(Fri) Jazz at Night with John Dunn 00:00-02:00 Night Ride - Easy listening with Pat Doody (Mon, Fri), Bruce Wyndham (Tue), John Peel then Jon Curle (Wed), John Dunn (Thur) (also on R2) | |
| June 1969 | ||
| Saturday 05:30 As Radio 2 08:30 Junior Choice with Barry Mason (also on R2) 10:00 Everett is Here with Kenny Everett 12:00 Emperor Rosko 13:00 Country Meets Folk with Wally Whyton 14:00 Johnnie Walker 16:00 Keith Skues - What's New 17:30 Pete Drummond 18.30 Jazz Club with Humphrey Littleton 19:30 As Radio 2 20:50 Things are Swingin 21:45 Pete Murray (easy listening, also on R2 from 22:00) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Sean Kelly (easy listening, also on R2) Sunday 06:55 As Radio 2 09:00 Junior Choice with Barry Mason (also on R2) 10:00 Symonds on Sunday 12:00 Family Favourites - Michael Aspel (also on R2) 14:00 Savile's Travels - magazine with Jimmy Savile 15:00 Scene and Heard - magazine with Johnny Moran 16:00 Stage One - live music 17:00 Pick of the Pops - chart show with Alan Freeman (also on R2) 19:00 Top Gear - Rock and Progressive Music with John Peel 21:00 Stuart Henry's Noise at Nine 22:00 Mike Raven's R&B show 23:00 Best of Jazz - Humphrey Lyttleton (also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Dwight Whylie (easy listening, also on R2) |
Monday to Friday 05:30 As Radio 2 07:00 Tony Blackburn 09:00 Family Choice with a guest presenter (also on R2) 10:00 Jimmy Young (also on R2 10-11 and 11:30-12) 12:00 Radio One Club - various presenters, including outside broadcasts 14:00 Dave Cash (also on R2 15:00-16:15) 16:15 What's New 17:15 Tony Brandon 19:30 As Radio 2 except... 19:45-20:15(Mon) Just Jazz 19:45(Wed) My Kind of Folk 20:15 John Peel - Rock and Progressive Music with 21.15-22:00(Wed) Jazz Workshop 19:45-20:45(Thur) Swing Session with Hector Stewart 21:00-22:00(Fri) Jazz on One - Peter Clayton 22:00 Late Night Extra - Easy listening with Bob Holness (Mon), John Benson (Tue), Keith Fordyce (Wed), Pete Myers (Thur), Terry Wogan (Fri) (also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride - Easy listening with Pat Doody (Mon, Fri), Bruce Wyndham (Tue), Jon Curle (Wed), from BBC Local Radio (Thur) (also on R2) | |
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October 1969 October heralded the start of Terry Wogan in the afternoons, Pete Murray's Open House and the demise of many of the mid evening programmes, which suffered from very poor reception: | ||
| Saturday 05:30 As Radio 2 08:30 Junior Choice with Ed Stewart (also on R2) 10:00 Everett is Here with Kenny Everett 12:00 Emperor Rosko 13:00 Johnnie Walker 15:00 Top Gear - Rock and Progressive Music with John Peel 17:00 Speak Easy - Talk show with Jimmy Savile 17:45 Pete Drummond 18.45 Jazz Club with Humphrey Lyttleton 19:30 As Radio 2 (Country Meets Folk) 20:30 As Radio 2 21:25 Pop over Europe (also on R2) 22:00 Tony Handly (easy listening, also on R2 from 22:00) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride with Peter Latham (easy listening, also on R2) Sunday 06:55 As Radio 2 09:00 Junior Choice with Ed Stewart(also on R2) 10:00 Dave Lee Travis 12:00 Family Favourites - Michael Aspel (also on R2) 14:00 Savile's Travels - magazine with Jimmy Savile 15:00 Scene and Heard - magazine with Johnny Moran 16:00 Stuart Henry 17:00 Pick of the Pops - chart show with Alan Freeman (also on R2) 19:00 Folk Concert 19:30 Mike Raven's R&B show 20:45 Trial presenter 21:30 As Radio 2 23:00 Best of Jazz - Humphrey Lyttleton (also on R2) 00:00 Just Jazz with John Dunn (also on R2) 00:30 Jazz Workshop (also on R2) 01:00-02:00 Night Ride with Dwight Whylie (easy listening, also on R2) |
Monday to Friday 05:30 As Radio 2 07:00 Tony Blackburn 09:00 Pete Murray's Open House (also on R2) 10:00 Jimmy Young (also on R2 10-11 and 11:30-12) 12:00 Radio One Club - various presenters, including outside broadcasts 14:00 Terry Wogan (also on R2 15:00-16:15) 16:15 What's New 17:15 Dave Cash 19:30 As Radio 2 22:00 Late Night Extra - Easy listening with Bob Holness (Mon), Keith Fordyce (Tue), John Benson (Wed), Pete Myers (Thur), Michael Parkinson(Fri) (also on R2) 00:00-02:00 Night Ride - Easy listening with Colin Nicol (Mon), Bruce Wyndham (Tue), Jon Curle (Wed), Eugene Fraser (Thur), Pat Doody (Fri) (also on R2) |
October 1967 October 1968 January 1969 June 1969 October 1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1982 1983-1987 1988-1993 1994-1997 1998-2004 Schedules index R1 transmission history History of transmission 1 History of transmission 2 History links Features index |