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
Graeme Smith (radio presenter) Graeme Smith (radio presenter) Graeme Smith is a British broadcaster born in Liverpool, England. He is currently employed by Global Radio, Graeme is a presenter on Capital Liverpool. He currently hosts the Drivetime Show. He presented his first show in 2001 aged 17 on the new Juice FM in Liverpool. From 2002–2006 he hosted the drivetime show on Galaxy 105 in Leeds aged just 20, it was at Galaxy and on this show in particular that he honed his style on the air. In early 2007 and at the age of 23 he moved to XFM London where he hosted