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
Smooth Radio (2010) Sunday, Gary King who hosted a Sunday lunchtime show, and David Andrews with a Soul and Motown show on Sunday evenings. Former LBC 97.3 presenter Anthony Davis joined the station as its Drivetime presenter from January 2014. Mark Goodier hosted a weekday mid-morning show from 2007 to 2012. Chris Tarrant was a Saturday morning presenter whose show was networked across several GMG stations in 2008. Also in 2008, Tony Blackburn presented a syndicated weekend breakfast show for Smooth. He left the station in October 2010 to present "Pick of the Pops" on BBC Radio 2 because the BBC would not