SOME CHANGES AT RADIO 1 1993 to 1997 |
Date | Name | Details (ages at time of departure) | Weekly Ratings RAJAR Aged 15+ |
| LEFT March 1993 | Tommy Vance (50) Friday Rock Show | Left after 15 years at Radio 1 to present a daily show on Virgin Radio. Replaced by Simon Bates assistant Claire Sturgess. | 16 MILLION |
| STARTED March 1993 | Jo Whiley | Jo joined The Evening Session in the Spring of 1993 and in September she became permanent co-presenter with Steve Lamacq. | ↓ |
| STARTED March 1993 | Claire Sturgess |  Highly recommended by Simon Bates in 1993, now works for XFM.
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| LEFT 8th August 1993 | Dave Lee Travis (48) Weekend mid-morning show | DLT was sacked following his live on-air statement August 1993, after 26 years. He declared "Changes are being Made which go against my principles and I just cannot agree with them he... "could not continue to work for the station under current circumstances.''...... "the only option is very regrettably for me to leave - so that is what I am doing". Replaced by 26 yr old Claire Sturgess (Saturdays) N Campbell (Sundays) then Danny Baker 9 weeks later. | ↓ |
| LEFT July 93 | Johnny Beerling (56) R1 Controller | Controller of Radio 1 for 8 years, with Radio 1 for 35, Johnny sadly left saying working at the BBC had become like "life under Communism", he said he quit because he could not work in the "totalitarian" organisation run by "his Royal Birtness" (reference to Director General John Birt). Complained of "total control from the centre and very little flexibility or room for Manoeuvre." Beerling attacked presenter Danny Baker as epitomising the "new BBC Man" - a "DJ interested only in promoting his own reputation rather than the network as a whole". He was re-hired by the BBC in March 1995 to Manage the 1m BBC October music Live 95 concert. | |
| STARTED July 93 | Matthew Bannister R1 Controller | Commenced officially Oct 1 1993 (as Radio 1 controller). Implemented sweeping changes. Resigned from the BBC October 2000. | ↓ |
| LEFT Oct 1993 | Alan Freeman (66) | Was presenting a Saturday night rock show when he 'retired' but joined Radio 2 April 1997 to present oldies show Pick of the Pops. | |
| Bob Harris (46) |  moved to GLR and in 1997 to Radio 2, hosting weekly 'Bob Harris Show' (Sat 10pm) and 'Bob Harris Country' (Thurs 7pm) | |
| Man Ezeke | The first black daytime DJ on Radio 1 Man Ezeke had presented a show 'Radio ones on One' on Sunday afternoons. | ↓ |
| Diane Oxberry | Former Afternoon Girl now broadcasts on BBC Northwest news. | |
| Nicky Campbell | Left the station temporarily to care for his wife who was suffering from ill health. Returned January 1994. | |
| LEFT 1993 | Johnnie Walker Saturday Sequence | Went on to broadcast on Radio 2 presenting the Drivetime show on John Dunn's retirement in 1998. | |
| LEFT Sep 93 | Simon Bates (47) Weekday mid-morning show | Resigned 24/09/1993. Actually finished Friday October 23. Replaced by Simon Mayo (35). His resignation was revealed days before a reshuffle was due at Radio 1. He had presented the morning show for 13 years, and built up a following of 9 million listeners per week. Aug 1994 - he publicly called for Bannister & Liz Forgan (BBC Network Radio) to resign over falling ratings. | ↓ |
| STARTED Sep 1993 | Steve Lamacq |  Steve joined Radio 1 in September 1993 as co-presenter of The Evening Session with Jo Whiley, which he described as "a terrific, scary, exhilarating, fun job". Since February 1997 Steve has been the sole presenter of The Evening Session.
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| STARTED Oct 1993 | Mark & Lard (Mark Radcliffe & Mark Riley) | Former Radio 5 'Hit the North' DJ Mark Radcliffe had a four nights a week show on R1 from October 1993 with his sidekick Mark 'Lard' Riley. | |
| Danny Baker (36) Weekend mid-morning Show | Commenced with a #150,000 contract . First weekend show 30.10.93. Lost 700,000 listeners by Sept 1994. Show was aired Saturdays only from Nov 1994 (Sundays then by Simon Mayo). Show included Paul Merton, singer Bryan Ferry, Keith Chegwin and an segment involving an alligator. Said in Sept 94 that he had offered his resignation three times but was given a further twelve-month contract. | 15.7 MILLION |
| LEFT Jan 1994 | Adrian Juste Saturday Lunchtime Show | Adrian said he was notified by telephone on a Friday prior to his broadcast. | |
| LEFT Dec 93 | Gary Davies (34) Weekend Breakfast Show | Presented the weekend breakfast show. Replaced by Kevin Greening. He opted to leave the station after being unhappy at planned changes for his current adult rock oriented show. | |
| STARTED Dec 1993 | Emma Freud | Left in 1995. Interviewed Kenneth Brannagh about Frankenstein and spoke about Rwanda. Played few records. Took part in Union strike (June 1994) along with Nicky Campbell. | ↓ |
| LEFT Jan 1994 | Jakki Brambles | Jakki Brambles replaced by Emma Freud. Jakki left to go to the USA working for an independent production company | |
| STARTED | Chris Morris Cutting Edge | He had to Make an apology as his controversial show Cutting Edge announced (incorrectly as a joke ) on air that Michael Heseltine & Jimmy Savile had died. | |
 The 1994 DJ line up on the steps of All Saints Church. Rear L-R; Andy Kershaw, Lynne Parsons, Steve Edwards, Jo Whiley, Steve Lamacq, Claire Sturgess, Pete Tong, John Peel. Front L-R; Mark Goodier, Simon Mayo, Mark Tonderai, Steve Wright |
| STARTED Oct 1994 | Sound Advisers | Sound Advisers Recruited by the BBC - a panel of six members of the public aged 16 to 29 recruited to put forward listeners ' views. | 11.2 MILLION |
| STARTED Dec 94 | Tim Westwood. | He joined Radio 1 in December 1994 | |
| STARTED Jan 1995 | Trevor Dann (43) Head of Production | Friend of Matthew Bannister started January 1995 as Head of Production. Brief to remove behind the scene staff and old style presenters missed by Matthew Bannister. March 1996; "If I go down in history as the Man who stopped Radio 1 playing crap records, then I shall be a proud Man." He also banned Quo and the Beatles. A Daily mirror Poll in March 1996 revealed that 91 per cent of readers wanted to hear the Beatles single Real Love played on Radio 1. | |
| LEFT Jan 1995 | Steve Wright (40) Weekday Breakfast Show | Quit 13.01.95. Voted the nation's most popular DJ by readers of Smash Hits Magazine 1994 poll. He was known to be bitterly unhappy that his producer, Mic Wilkojc had chosen to leave. He also disagreed with being told what records to play on his morning show. BBC bosses subsequently threatened court action against Talk Radio UK as Steve s Radio 1 contract was valid until 1997. His morning show was replaced by Marc Goodier for 3 months. | 12 MILLION |
| STARTED Jan 1995 | Lisa I' Anson | A capable broadcaster, but was sacked after just three years for missing her show because of partying too hard in Ibiza. | |
| LEFT Feb 1995 | Bruno Brookes Weekday early morning Show | Last pre - Bannister presenter to leave. Sacked by Trevor Dann 24.02.95 after 11 years, only minutes after his early morning show finished at 6.30am. Bruno, who also presented the Sunday Top 40, was said to be "gutted" when told his 100,000 contract, which ended in April 1995, was not being renewed. Bruno also said he had quit because he was fed up with getting up at 3am., and Matthew Bannister could not offer a better time slot. His morning show was taken over by Dave Pearce, from Kiss FM, and the Sunday chart show by Mark Goodier. | |
| STARTED Apr 1995 | Dave Pearce Early Weekday morning Show | Dave joined Radio 1 in April 1995, initially hosting the Early Breakfast Show on weekday mornings, moving to weekend mornings in October of the same year. | ↓ |
| STARTED Feb 1995 | Chris Evans Weekday Breakfast Show | Took over from Steve Wright in April to host the Breakfast Show. 8-month contract reported to be 1 million pounds. In July 96 he mocked Anne Franks diary; Radio 1 deeply regretted the offence . Had 7m listeners per week in Oct 1996 , when he labelled Matthew Bannister as a Fat Controller . He was sacked by Bannister Feb 1997 after asking for Friday s off (Nov 96). Replaced by Mark & Lard (Mark Radcliffe (37) and Marc Riley (38) then Zoe Ball (28) from Oct 1993. His Ginger media Group purchased Virgin Radio after he left Radio 1. | |
| STARTED 1995 | 1 in the Jungle | Brian B.F. was the original architect of the newly launched 1 in the Jungle format on Radio 1 which later became the Fabio & Grooverider show), | |
| STARTED Jul 1997 | Chris Moyles | Chris joined Radio 1 on 28 July 1997 and styled himself as The Saviour of Early morning Radio taking the early morning 4.00am slot. Now on weekday afternoons. | |
| STARTED Sep 1997 | Zoe Ball (26) Weekday Breakfast Show | 250,000 contract co-host the early-morning slot with Kevin Greening, 33. | 9.7 MILLION |
| STARTED Oct 1997 | Judge Jules | In October 1997, Jules moved to BBC Radio 1 (Saturday's 5pm - 7pm) | |
