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
Don McNeill (radio presenter) Don McNeill (radio presenter) Donald T. McNeill (December 23, 1907 – May 7, 1996) was an American radio personality, best known as the creator and host of "The Breakfast Club", which ran for more than 35 years. McNeill was born in Galena, Illinois, son of Harry T. McNeill and Luella R. Weinberger. The family soon moved to Wisconsin, where McNeill graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee. He was reputedly a first cousin of United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger as McNeill's mother was the elder sister of Weinberger's father. McNeill began his radio career in Milwaukee in 1928, first