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
Rachel Corbett (radio presenter) Rachel Corbett (radio presenter) Rachel Corbett (born 11 March 1981) is an Australian journalist and radio presenter. Corbett was a contestant on the first series of "Big Brother" in 2001. From 2009 to 2010, she co-hosted a show with Paul Murray on 2MMM called "Paul & Rach". From 2012 to 2013, she was one of the presenters of "Merrick and the Highway Patrol" with Merrick Watts and Julian Schiller. Corbett was also one of the presenters of "The Roast" in 2013. Corbett has made guest appearances on "The Project" and "Hughesy, We Have a Problem". In October 2016, Corbett wrote