BBC Radio 1 with the best station award. A new evening schedule was introduced in September 2006, dividing the week by genre. Monday was mainly pop-funkrock-oriented, Tuesday was R&B and hip-hop, Thursdays and Fridays were primarily dance, with specialist R&B and reggae shows. Following the death of John Peel in October 2004, Annie Nightingale is now the longest serving presenter, having worked there since 1970. The licence-fee funding of Radio 1, alongside Radio 2, is often criticised by the commercial sector. In the first quarter of 2011 Radio 1 was part of an efficiency review conducted by John Myers. His role, according to
Mairead Farrell (radio presenter) subsequently changed her surname and now goes by "Mairead Ronan". Mairead has three children, a son, Dara from her first marriage to Fitzpatrick whom she had when she was 26 and two daughters, Eliza and Bonnie from her second marriage to Ronan. Mairead Farrell (radio presenter) Mairead Ronan (born 3 April 1980; née Farrell) is an Irish television and radio presenter. Mairead was born in Finglas on the Northside of Dublin. She attended a HR Management course after leaving school, but switched to a media course at Ballyfermot College of Further Education. Ronan was featured on "The Ray D'Arcy Show"