BBC Radio 1 part of a Guinness World Record attempt, in aid of Comic Relief. The pair stayed on air for 52 hours in total setting a new world record for 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)’ after already breaking Simon Mayo's 12-year record for Radio 1's Longest Show of 37 hours which he set in 1999, also for Comic Relief. The presenters started on 16 March 2011 and came off air at 10:30am on 18 March 2011. During this Fearne Cotton made a bet with DJ Chris Moyles that if they raise over £2,000,000 she will appear on the show in a swimsuit.
Radio 1's Dance Anthems schedule change. After it was announced that Greg James dropped to four shows a week before taking over The Radio 1 Breakfast Show later in the year. The show launched in April 2012 with the Friday show replacing Scott Mills' "Ready For The Weekend" when James and Mills switched shows, and Howard's Saturday show replacing Reggie Yates. The show is usually live from Ibiza during the Saturday of Radio 1's annual Ibiza Weekend in August, and there is occasionally a broadcast of "BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems" on New Year's Eve. Radio 1's Dance Anthems Radio 1's Dance Anthems is