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
BBC South stations in the BBC South East region every evening. The stations also simulcast overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live each night after closedown. "BBC South" also produces regional news & local radio pages for BBC Red Button and "BBC Local" websites for each county. The BBC's television news operation in Southampton began on 5 January 1961 with the launch of "South at Six", presented by Martin Muncaster, who had defected from Southern Television. The programme was later renamed as "South Today". In 1967, Bruce Parker joined BBC South and went on to become its longest-serving presenter, anchoring "South Today"