Fearne Cotton (radio 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 2015, when Fearne left the show. It was broadcast each morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and on bank holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The show focused on playing and interviewing new bands and styles of music. On 21 September 2009, Fearne Cotton succeeded Jo Whiley for the 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. slot following a major re-shuffle of Radio 1's schedules. The re-shuffle also saw
BBC Radio 1 2 was broadcasting a Bank Holiday edition of Sport on 2. To coincide with Radio 1's 20th birthday, the first full-time FM broadcast began in the London area on 31 October 1987, at low power on 104.8 MHz. A year later the FM frequencies became national after the police communication allocation changed, freeing up what is known today as 97–99 FM, which the BBC acquired. The rollout of Radio 1 on FM began on 1 September 1988, starting with Central Scotland, the Midlands and the north of England. A month later, to coincide with an extension of broadcast hours, Radio