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
Neil Mitchell (radio presenter) at the Melbourne Press Club's annual Quill awards. This award was for Mitchell's scoop on the Ford Motor Company's decision to end local manufacturing in Australia. Mitchell has won many Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) including:- Mitchell has been married since the 1980s and has a son and a daughter. He rarely mentions his family life publicly. He is a keen supporter of AFL football club, Melbourne. Neil Mitchell (radio presenter) Neil Mitchell AO (born 21 November 1951) is an Australian radio presenter on Melbourne AM talk-back station 3AW. The son of a school teacher, Mitchell entered journalism at 17,