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
John Dunn (radio presenter) domestic BBC Radio in the 1960s, famously stating "Here is the news - in English" after Emperor Rosko's first show on the first day of BBC Radio 1 in 1967. Dunn became the regular presenter of Radio 2's "Breakfast Special" with the start of the new networks, but in 1972 he effectively swapped places with Terry Wogan - Wogan taking over the breakfast show, whilst Dunn moved to the 3 pm to 5 pm afternoon slot "The Dunn Thing". This did not last too long, and in 1974 Dunn spent a year presenting "Late Night Extra". In the mid-1970s, Dunn