BBC Radio 1

Britain national radio station
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BBC Radio 1
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BBC Radio 1

Summary

BBC Radio 1 is a radio station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,259 views/month, #7 of 6,625).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC Radio 1 received the International Dance Music Awards[3].
  • BBC Radio 1 is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • BBC Radio 1's instance of is recorded as radio station[5].
  • BBC Radio 1's instance of is recorded as internet radio[6].
  • BBC Radio 1 is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[7].
  • BBC Radio 1's headquarters location is recorded as London[8].
  • BBC Radio 1's Commons category is recorded as BBC Radio 1[9].
  • BBC Radio 1's language of work or name is recorded as British English[10].
  • January 1, 1967 marks the founding of BBC Radio 1[11].
  • BBC Radio 1's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1[12].
  • BBC Radio 1's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC Radio 1[13].
  • BBC Radio 1's streaming media URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_one[14].
  • BBC Radio 1's streaming media URL is recorded as 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].
  • BBC Radio 1's streaming media URL is recorded as 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].
  • BBC Radio 1's licensed to broadcast to is recorded as British Islands[17].
  • BBC Radio 1's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BBC Radio 1'}[18].
  • BBC Radio 1's language used is recorded as English[19].
  • BBC Radio 1's channel number is recorded as 700[20].
  • BBC Radio 1's channel number is recorded as 0101[21].
  • BBC Radio 1's channel number is recorded as 901[22].
  • BBC Radio 1's channel number is recorded as 907[23].
  • BBC Radio 1's catchphrase is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'Where it begins'}[24].
  • BBC Radio 1's catchphrase is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'We are the one'}[25].
  • BBC Radio 1's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+3057858'}[26].
  • BBC Radio 1's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+3062447'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Broadcaster[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1967-09-30[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8f122b2c-bb49-4e1d-b7d6-931f84771899[31]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1967 marks the founding of BBC Radio 1[11].

Operations

BBC Radio 1's headquarters location is recorded as London[8].

Ownership

BBC Radio 1 is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[7].

Recognition

BBC Radio 1 received the International Dance Music Awards[3].

Why It Matters

BBC Radio 1 ranks in the top 0.11% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,259 views/month, #7 of 6,625).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did BBC Radio 1 receive?

Honors received include International Dance Music Awards[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . gist.github.com. gist.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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