BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & Asian Network Press Office

📢📢📢 Harry Styles will perform a special Radio 1 Live Lounge on Thursday 12 March at 12pm. Listen on BBC Sounds and watch on BBC iPlayer ✨

Your Sunday line-up for Radio 1's Big Weekend 2026 in Sunderland✨ Tickets on sale tomorrow from 5pm!

Your Saturday line-up for Radio 1's Big Weekend 2026 in Sunderland✨ Tickets on sale Wednesday from 5pm!

Your Friday line-up for Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2026 is here! Tickets available from 9am 🫶

📢 1Xtra will host its first ever 1Xtra Takeover club night in London this April 📢   🗓️ Saturday 25 April, 7pm-1am. 📍EartH Hall, Hackney   Get ready for a night of the best bangers and party anthems, with exclusive live DJ sets from 1Xtra DJs and special guest appearances 🎶

BBC Asian Network continues to showcase the best of British Asian and South Asian music receiving 45.83 million views across YouTube and social media in the last quarter and reaching 584,000 weekly listeners #RAJAR   3/3

BBC Radio 1Xtra continues to champion the best of Black music and culture receiving 38.45 million views across YouTube and social media in the last quarter and reaching 800,000 weekly listeners #RAJAR   2/3

Some new audience figures have been released today – check out the summary below! 👇   Proud that Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James remains the UK’s #1 Breakfast Show for young audiences and Radio 1 is the #1 youth station in the UK #RAJAR 1/3

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BBC Asian Network are looking for 12 new presenters to join the station from April 2026 to host Asian Network Represents🎉   If you know someone who lives and breathes British Asian culture, music and entertainment tell them to apply NOW, no previous experience required 📻   1/2

📢Radio 1 Dance Future Stars of 2026 We're tipping these artists for big things in the next 12 months - congratulations to: ✨[IVY] ✨Morgan Seatree ✨Omar+ ✨Paige Tomlinson ✨Silva Bumpa Tune in for a special Radio 1 Future Stars show with Sarah Story, tonight at 9pm!

📢📢 Hannah Scherrer joins Fridays on Radio 1 this January, presenting Early Breakfast from tomorrow (9 Jan)✨ Tune in from 5am❤️

Plus fresh new voices join the station from Boxing Day until New Year's Eve as part of Radio 1's Christmas Presenter Takeover ❤️

Radio 1's Christmas Day schedule is here! 🎄 Greg James will present his first-ever Christmas Day Breakfast show live, followed by festive shows from JADE, GK Barry & Ella Rutherford, Munya Chawawa, Jamie Laing & Sophie Habboo, George Clarke and Charley Marlowe ✨

📢 BBC Radio 1Xtra's Comedy Gala with Eddie Kadi and Friends returns with a brilliant line-up of comedians!   🗓️ Thursday 5 February 📍Hackney Empire, London   Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter from some of the best comedians on the Black comedy scene 🎉   More info 👇

📢 BIG NEWS, BBC Introducing launches in America   BBC Introducing will join forces with college radio shows across America to support local independent artists and spotlight UK talent 🎵   BBC Introducing in America will launch on Friday 5 December.   More info below 👇

Get ready for a night of laughter at One More Laugh in London!   🗓️ Friday 30 January 📍BBC Radio Theatre   Join @bbcasiannetwork for an evening packed full of entertainment, featuring performances from Ajay Rose, Dane Buckley, NJ Patel, Samira Banks, hosted by Dinesh Nathan 🔥