Radio 1's launch: Tony Blackburn's first breakfast show (1967)

BBC Radio 1's first broadcast, on the morning of 30 September 1967, presented by Tony Blackburn, who had been a DJ on pirate radio.
Industry: the station as the BBC's answer to the popularity of pirate radio; public service broadcasting and the licence fee.
Audiences: young listeners in the 1960s and how they listened, and how radio listening has changed since.
The 2023 Paper 1 extended response on how far UK radio has changed since the BBC dominated it in 1967.
Studied for media industries and media audiences, which Paper 1 Section B tests, with contexts.

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