The Radio 1 Breakfast Show and Mollie King. The first breakfast show presenter was Tony Blackburn, who spoke the first words on Radio 1 and remained in the slot for nearly six years. Other DJs who have hosted the breakfast show for more than five years are former host Nick Grimshaw, Mike Read, Simon Mayo and Chris Moyles. Moyles is the longest-serving Radio 1 breakfast show presenter, having hosted "The Chris Moyles Show" for eight-and-a-half years. Nick Grimshaw replaced Moyles as host of the breakfast show on 24 September 2012. Features include "Call or Delete" – a game carried on from his previous show on
BBC Radio Berkshire cutbacks, BBC Director-General John Birt announced that it was to merge with BBC Radio Oxford on 9 April 1996 to become BBC Thames Valley FM. On 14 February 2000, the two stations became separate once again. BBC Radio Berkshire was named Station of the Year in the 2012 Frank Gillard Awards, also winning in the Sports Coverage category for its coverage of olympic rowing at Eton Dorney. Andrew Peach won silver in both the Programme Presenter and The Ultimate Hot Seat categories. In the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards the Andrew Peach programme won bronze in the category Breakfast Show