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
Simon Young (presenter) when he gave an interview to "Hot Press". Young appeared on RTÉ Radio 1's "The John Murray Show" in August 2011 and talked about his battle with depression and alcoholism. He said during the interview that he had been hospitalised for half of the previous nine years. "The Irish Times" called the interview with Young the "radio moment of the week ... Easy listening it was not." Simon Young (presenter) Simon Young is a former Irish radio and television presenter with RTÉ 2fm. He presented "The Beatbox". He was also known for making contributions to the cult children's television strand,