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
George Jones (radio presenter) theatre shows, radio disc-jockeying and television presenting. His first break into radio came with a Sunday slot on Downtown Radio. He went on to work for the BBC, appearing mostly on radio. He had his own show, "Just Jones", for BBC Radio Ulster, which won him a Sony Radio Academy Award for best local radio presenter. In June 2006, after twenty-one years of presenting "Just Jones", he was dropped from the line-up on BBC Radio Ulster. He presented his last afternoon show on 30 June 2006. After the BBC radio show ended, George started to present on Sunday mornings on