Fearne Cotton (radio show) Fearne announced she is leaving her show and BBC Radio 1 on 22 May 2015. Clara Amfo replaced her. The show runs for two and three quarter hours every week day. News and sport are featured at 10:30am and 11:30am and on bank holidays at 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30. The show also features the entertainment news with Chris Smith at 12:15pm. There have been numerous features on the show. Fearne Cotton (radio show) Fearne Cotton was a British weekday radio show on BBC Radio 1, hosted by Fearne Cotton. The programme was on air from September 2009 until 22 May
BBC Radio 1 pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991. Radio 1 was established in 1967 (along with the more middle of the road BBC Radio 2) as a successor to the BBC Light Programme, which had broadcast popular music and other entertainment since 1945. Radio 1 was conceived as a direct response to the popularity of offshore pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline