BBC Radio 1 30 September 2017, Radio 1 celebrated its 50th birthday. Tony Blackburn recreated the first ever Radio 1 broadcast on Radio 2, simulcast on pop-up station Radio 1 Vintage, followed by The Radio 1 Breakfast Show celebration, tricast on Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 1 Vintage, presented by Tony Blackburn and Nick Grimshaw, featuring former presenters as guests Simon Mayo, Sara Cox and Mike Read. Radio 1 regularly supports charities Comic Relief, Sport Relief and Children in Need. On 18 March 2011, BBC's Radio 1 longest serving breakfast DJ Chris Moyles and sidekick Dave Vitty broadcast for 52 hours as
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show The Chris Evans Breakfast Show The Chris Evans Breakfast Show is the incarnation of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show between 11 January 2010 and 24 December 2018 hosted by Chris Evans that has aired on weekday mornings. Evans took over from Terry Wogan who ended his stint as the station's morning presenter in December 2009. However on 3 September 2018, it was announced by Evans live on air that he would be leaving the network and that the show would end on 24 December 2018 (Christmas Eve). This is because of Evans's move to Virgin Radio. On 3 October 2018,