BBC Radio 1Xtra

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**BBC Radio 1Xtra** is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts black music and urban music, including hip hop and R&B and is a sister station to Radio 1. Launching at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been code named "Network X" during the consultation period. At the time, the station was listed as "1 Xtra BBC" on many electronic programming guides. The station broadcasts from the 8th floor of Broadcasting House, shared with Radio 1 and the Asian Network.

According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 756,000 with a listening share of 0.3% as of December 2022.

## Music policy

Typical music includes largely British, North American, Caribbean and African hip hop, grime, bassline, garage, dubstep, drum and bass, UK funky, house, dancehall, soca, reggae, gospel music, bhangra, soul, and R&B. It is available on digital radio (DAB), digital satellite television, digital terrestrial television (Freeview), and the Internet. The first ever track played on 1Xtra was a specially created track produced by DJ Skitz and Rodney P and featuring Beverley Knight and Blak Twang. The show was presented by the Rampage DJ collective and the station's then breakfast show host, Female DJ KC.

## News and speech

As part of its public service broadcasting remit, 1Xtra is required to carry a significant amount of news, information and speech content. 1Xtra had its own news service, 1Xtra News (formerly known as 'TX'), which was operated as a subsidiary of Radio 1's Newsbeat operations. The tone and style of the news presentation is in keeping with the station's overall target audience - young and predominantly urban.

Initially, in addition to regular hourly bulletins, TX had a flagship weekday two-hour news, features and discussion show under the title 'TX Unltd' (pronounced 'Unlimited'). This show - initially broadcast in a 5pm-7pm slot - rated poorly, however, and was later absorbed into a mixed music-and-speech format (similar to that used by Jeremy Vine on Radio 2) which aired in mid-afternoon (2pm-4pm) and was named after its host, female DJ Max.

In 2009, the BBC Trust agreed to a further change to the scheduling of news content on 1Xtra, such that it could use the same format successfully operated by Radio 1's Newsbeat: two 15-minute news bulletins, one in the middle of the day and another in the early evening, with other speech features, profiles and social/cultural specials being broadcast on an ad-hoc basis within music-led shows, and with regular hourly news bulletins also continuing. The Trust required that 1Xtra's main bulletins not air at the same time as those on Radio 1. When the new bulletins were introduced in late summer 2009, they aired at 12noon and 5pm, with Radio 1's bulletins remaining at 12.45pm and 5.45pm.

As of Summer 2009 it was reported that Radio 1 and 1Xtra were carrying shared news bulletins at weekends; weekday news output remained separate.

September 2012 saw a substantial increase in Newsbeat bulletins simulcast with Radio 1. Weekday breakfast bulletins at 06:00, 07:30, 08:00, 08:30 and 09:30 remain bespoke 1Xtra broadcasts. From 10:30, bulletins are shared with Radio 1, including the 15-minute Newsbeat magazines at 12:45 and 17:45.

In the first quarter of 2011, 1Xtra was part of an efficiency review conducted by John Myers. His role, according to Andrew Harrison, the chief executive of RadioCentre, was "to identify both areas of best practice and possible savings."

## Audience profile

1Xtra's typical audience is between 15 and 30 years old. The upper age range is deliberately lower than sister station Radio 1 which is closer to 35.

According to the "Submission to the Secretary of State's review of digital channels" in March 2004, Radio 1Xtra *"provides music output 24 hours a day, punctuated by bespoke BBC news bulletins and other speech output designed specifically to be pertinent to the audience."*

## Notable presenters

### Current presenters

* Ace
* Sian Anderson
* Benji B
* Nick Bright
* Diplo
* A. Dot
* Yasmin Evans
* Friction
* MistaJam
* Monki
* Trevor Nelson
* Annie Nightingale
* David Rodigan
* Semtex
* Charlie Sloth
* Jamz Supernova
* Toddla T
* Twin B
* Seani B
* Remel London (cover presenter)
* DJ Target

Weekday evening shows begin with MistaJam helming a three-hour multi-genre show, followed by six hours of specialist output tailored to a particular genre (e.g. UK Garage, dancehall, etc.) Between October 2009 and spring 2010, the 4am-6am slot housed a replay of selected weekend specialist programming; this and the one-hour Morning Mix programme were dropped in spring 2010 and a new six-days-a-week 'early breakfast' show (4am-7am) hosted by Nick Bright was introduced. (The Saturday 4am replay of Target's Friday night show was also axed, to make room for Bright's sixth show) This has now itself been replaced by a rerun of the previous week's overnight mix show from 4-7 am, giving nine hours of specialist output.

Saturday evening content (7pm-6am) is now simulcast entirely with BBC Radio 1 - this allows Radio 1's flagship urban content to air on 1Xtra.

### Former presenters

A list of past presenters is shown below:

* Diggz
* Adele Roberts
* Sarah-Jane Crawford
* Ayesha Asantewaa
* G Money
* Gemma Cairney
* Jason and Iyare
* Reggie Yates
* Ronnie Herel
* Cameo
* Marcus Bronzy
* Claira Hermet (cover presenter)
* Kelly Rowland
* Ms. Dynamite
* Zena
* Vis
* Tim Westwood
* Agent X
* Crissy Criss
* DJ Blakey
* DJ Excalibah
* Heartless Crew
* DJ Q

* Skitz
* Ras Kwame
* Robbo Ranx
* Panjabi Hit Squad
* Terror Danjah
* Mim Shaikh

## Logo history

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## References

1. ↑ "Inside the BBC: BBC Radio stations". *www.bbc.co.uk*. BBC. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
2. ↑ Wells, Matt (19 August 2002). "BBC enlists raw talent for radio station to woo black audience". *The Guardian*. London. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
3. ↑ "1Xtra News homepage". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
4. ↑ BBC Governors report includes a reference to TX Unltd
5. ↑ "Max's 1Xtra page". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
6. ↑ "BBC Trust review of youth audiences, 2009 (pdf) - includes approval of 1Xtra News changes" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2012.
7. ↑ "Digital Spy forums: 'Radio 1 and 1Xtra share news'". Digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Andrews, Amanda (28 November 2010). "BBC enlists commercial sector help to shake up radio". *The Telegraph*. London. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
9. ↑  https://web.archive.org/web/20050321174427/http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/pdf/dig\_rev\_1xtra.htm. Archived from the original on 21 March 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2006. Unknown parameter `|deadurl=` ignored (`|url-status=` suggested) (help); Missing or empty `|title=` (help)

* "BBC 1Xtra". Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007. Unknown parameter `|deadurl=` ignored (`|url-status=` suggested) (help)
* Youngs, Ian (16 August 2003). "BBC NEWS - Entertainment - TV and Radio - 1Xtra celebrates birthday presence". *BBC News*. Retrieved 5 April 2007.

## External links

* Official website

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