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 presenter history 2. The show aired for twelve months, after which Tarrant's contract with GMG Radio was not renewed. Former BBC Radio Scotland and Pebble Mill presenter Paul Coia was a Drivetime presenter on 102.2 Smooth Radio from December 2008, having previously been a stand-in presenter. Andy Peebles began presenting a networked weekday evening show from March 2009, having presented "Soul Train" on 100.4 Smooth Radio upon its launch in 2004. His weekday evening show ended in January 2013, but he continued to present "Soul Train" for Smooth for another few months, after which the station's owners, Global Radio transferred the show