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===1980s=== At the start of 1981, [[Mike Read]] took over ''[[Radio 1 Breakfast|The Radio 1 Breakfast Show]]'' from [[Dave Lee Travis]]. Towards the end of the year, [[Steve Wright (DJ)|Steve Wright]] started the long-running ''[[Steve Wright in the Afternoon]]'' show. 1982 saw the end of ''[[Junior Choice]]'' and it was replaced by ''[[Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show]]'', although the format based on children's requests continued for another two years. Adrian John and [[Pat Sharp]] also joined for the early weekend shows. [[Gary Davies]] and [[Janice Long]] also joined, hosting Saturday night late and evening shows respectively. In 1984, [[Robbie Vincent]] joined to host a Sunday evening soul show. [[Mike Smith (broadcaster)|Mike Smith]] left for a while to present BBC1's ''[[Breakfast Time (British TV programme)|Breakfast Time]]''; Gary Davies took over the weekday lunchtime slot. [[Bruno Brookes]] joined and replaced [[Peter Powell (DJ)|Peter Powell]] as presenter of the teatime show, with Powell replacing [[Tony Blackburn]] on a new weekend breakfast show, which no longer contained children's requests.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio1/england/1984-09-23 |title=BBC Radio 1 England β 23 September 1984 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio1/england/1984-09-29|title=BBC Radio 1 England β 29 September 1984 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 July 2018}}</ref> Blackburn left Radio 1 at this point. In 1985, Radio 1 relocated its studios in Broadcasting House to [[Egton House]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History: Egton House |url=http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/egton_house_page.htm |publisher=Radio Rewind |access-date=14 September 2014}}</ref> In March 1985, [[Ranking Miss P]] became the first black female DJ on the station, hosting a reggae programme. In July, [[Andy Kershaw]] joined the station.<ref name="Cook">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/john-peel-and-andy-kershaw--how-we-met-1572794.html|title=John Peel and Andy Kershaw: How We Met|first=Emma|last=Cook|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 1995|location=London, UK|issn=0951-9467|oclc=185201487|access-date=13 July 2011}}</ref> [[Simon Mayo]] joined in 1986, while Smith re-joined to replace Read on the breakfast show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio1/england/1986-05-05|title=BBC Radio 1 England β 5 May 1986 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 July 2018}}</ref> In response to the growth in dance and rap music, Jeff Young joined in October 1987 with the ''Big Beat'' show. At the end of the year [[Nicky Campbell]], [[Mark Goodier]] and [[Liz Kershaw]] all joined, and Janice Long left. Mayo replaced Smith on the breakfast show in May 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d8f0c965e8064233bad88a190ebf1138|title=Simon Mayo β BBC Radio 1 England β 23 May 1988 |work=BBC Genome |date=23 May 1988 |publisher=BBC|access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref> In September, Goodier and Kershaw took over weekend breakfasts with Powell departing. Campbell took over weekday evenings as part of a move into night-time broadcasting as 1 October 1988 saw Radio 1 extend broadcast hours until 02:00; previously the station had closed for the night at midnight. From September 1988, Radio 1 began its [[FM broadcasting|FM]] switch-on, with further major transmitter switch-ons in 1989 and 1990 but it was not until the mid-1990s that all existing BBC radio transmitters had Radio 1 added. Previously, Radio 1 had "borrowed" Radio 2's VHF/FM frequencies for around 25 hours each week.
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