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BBC Radio 1

Britain national radio station
Organization radio_station Q795585
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Summary

BBC Radio 1 is a radio station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of radio station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,330 views/month, #7 of 6,625).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: International Dance Music Awards[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: internet radio[5]
  • Owned by: British Broadcasting Corporation[6]
  • Headquarters location: London[7]
  • Commons category: BBC Radio 1[8]
  • Language of work or name: British English[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1967[10]
  • Official website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:BBC Radio 1[12]
  • Streaming media URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_one[13], https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_one[14], https://a.files.bbci.co.uk/ms6/live/3441A116-B12E-4D2F-ACA8-C1984642FA4B/audio/simulcast/dash/nonuk/pc_hd_abr_v2/aks/bbc_radio_one.mpd[15], https://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_01505109/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8[16]
  • Licensed to broadcast to: British Islands[17]
  • Name: BBC Radio 1[18]
  • Language used: English[19]
  • Channel number: 700[20], 0101[21], 901[22], 907[23]
  • Catchphrase: Where it begins[24], We are the one[25]
  • Social media followers: 3,057,858[26], 3,062,447[27], 7,320,000[28], 3,054,389[29], 3,031,353[30], 8,070,000[31], 8,230,000[32], 8,370,000[33]

Why It Matters

BBC Radio 1 has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did BBC Radio 1 receive?

Honors received include International Dance Music Awards[3].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . gist.github.com. gist.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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