BBC Radio One Jingles & DJs 1970s

2nd VOLUME JUST UPLOADED TOO! From an era when the vast majority of DJs were self-important buffoons who believed themselves to be just as vital as the artists they played, a comprehensive collection of Radio One jingles.

[@gingerladyaubern]

Tony Blackburn, Alan Freeman, Noel Edmonds, Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart (and yes Steve Wright)...The golden era of great broadcasters, music, jingles and more. Lovely hearing these again.

[@WilliamMyers-iw4ft]

I remember all the 70s jingles, who remembers Stuart Henry?

[@Zephaniah3verse17]

This is the Radio 1 I remember! Not the racket I had to endure non-stop recently while travelling in a friend's car for 120 miles through a snowstorm. I am not a 21st Century Man.

[@brigidcraig4280]

I always loved listening to Tony Blackburn every Saturday morning on junior choice and Simon Bates our tune segment

[@nickforbes-warren6602]

With a woof woof to Arnold!! :-)

[@richardthompson2892]

It became the Saturday show with Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin when Tony was still presenting it

[@user-hg2yz2vu9d]

TONY BLACKBURN ABSOLUTELY HATED PRESENTING JUNIOR CHOICE . IN FACT HE DETESTED IT

[@fatboyhotrod]

Great times get me back there asap i wish

[@jourellelane1686]

1970s in England was killer awesome growing up in England I remember all these jingles Going to Wildern school in 1977 I dont know how british radio sounds now but it was fantastic Back in the day as was the tv adverts England was England. Im so depressed the way England Is going now.

[@johntopley5321]

back to when radio one was radio not like today good job we have other radio stations

[@Gannett2011]

Hah, this brings it all back. I remember they used those old Roadshow jingles well into the 80s, great days.

[@Loverboy19691]

When Radio one was good!

[@arthurvasey]

And reception was lousy, due to them being largely confined to what former programme controller Johnny Beerling once described as “an appalling AM distribution system, which didn’t do justice to today’s music”, according to a book I got for Christmas called The DJ Handbook by someone called Roy Sheppard!

[@marty-fh1rw]

Wow.Takes yer back.Thanks

[@haileyshannon7548]

A lot of these guys had faces made for radio!

[@Mr10sunflower]

excellent stuff thanks !!

[@shirleymental4189]

Didn't hear what I was looking for. 'music hour by hour, on your tower'......etc. Nostalgic because I was young and it brings it back, but TBH the above description is spot on. Buffoons indeed. They talked over the beginning of tunes they talked over the end of tunes, they talked and they talked, usually about themselves or their money or just banalities.

[@VintageBoxingTM]

Made my day listening to this!

[@FootlooseMusic]

Great stuff. I live in New Zealand and collect NZ based jingles from the 60s & 70s

[@1964dangerous]

The first...the biggest ...and THE BEST...truly epic!!

[@ty3165]

great video

[@cbak12sg]

Thanks!

[@tonyworrall7379]

Alan Freeman's daily show was my favourite.May 1972 July 1973.I watched one in the studio in April 1973.

[@OLDGOLDDREAMER]

open.spotify.com/user/1122533510?si=ncy4jOb3RwK4Ls5Kc5PZvg

[@warweezil2802]

Ahh fluff... great delivery... missed him when they dropped his weekday afternoon show not arf!

[@jonathanj.7344]

Alan Freeman was a terrific DJ. Absolute legend.

[@choselife4702]

I still remember jingle BBC Radio for Indonesia in 1970s . . .

[@numberstation]

I am now fully tumescent.

[@artemiszeus9735]

Proper radio presenters.

[@danw1374]

I think a lot of these jingles were made by JAM creative based in Dallas, texas, if I'm not mistaken? High quality stuff.

[@StavrosDalek]

For sure, they have that distinct Jam sound.

[@jayrox40]

Give me any one of them DJs over todays pricks. ;)

[@jayrox40]

I'd still rather listen to his shows than anyone on R1 now.

[@Mr192259]

I don''t consider that the DJs in Radio 1's first era were "self important buffoons". The likes of Johnnie Walker, John Peel, Tony Blackburn, Alan Freeman, Stuart Henry, Ed Stewart, Terry Wogan, (to name only a few) were / are professional broadcasters, having "cut their teeth" in offshore radio or radio in other countries. Whether one likes them or not is purely a personal opinion. As time passed it is fair to say that some DJs gained rather a cult status and were liked as much as the music, and with some this began to go too far, which could be irritating. It is something that the boss Johnny Beerling did what he could to address in later years. Unless at that time one could receive the post 67 offshore stations such as RNI, Veronica, Mi Amigo or Caroline, there was nothing else available for listeners until ILR became established across the UK, but this took many years. Radio 1 was bound therefore to attract huge audiences and it's DJ's the adoration of many listeners, just as some of the Pirate DJs also did in the 60s. With respect I would not wish to consider that the vast majority were "self obsessed" but would agree that from around the early to mid 80s, much more of this was certainly creeping into on air performance with some presenters, and this caused me to turn off too many times. Coming as it did at a time of expanding ILR, and un-licenced radio stations, many chose these alternatives to Radio 1, where they existed. A number of ILR stations and the hugely popular American offshore "Laser 558", and continuance of "Caroline", in the mid 80s, came at a time when some presenters at Radio 1 were over indulging themselves on air, and so provided an escape from what some considered "ego" centred prattle ! Some, like me, never returned. The above said - great jingles etc from the better days. Many thanks for the upload.

[@thetragicyouth]

The "self-important buffoons" are those featured in the clips (ie. no Peel, no Stuart Henry, no Kenny Everett ) - some of them I like(d), others I didn't - but all gave me the enduring impression that they regarded themselves as just as important (if not slightly more important) than the records they played. We'll have to agree to disagree!

[@thetragicyouth]

Compare these Radio One DJs with the early Capital Radio DJs like Roger Scott, Dave Cash, Nicky Horne, Graham Dene... (that's what I mean about R1 using "self-important buffoons").

[@peterturley1331]

Very well stated- totally agree.

[@joemcnocher7721]

@@thetragicyouth Wondering here, who feels that that they are "self-important"

[@hackdaniels7253]

5:46 What I came here for: travel news, baby you can drive my car!

[@OriginalSkaMan]

This is when Radio 1 was awesome and the best today its shite...

[@adambirchenall]

Great stuff, do see some 1980's pics on here & one with Bruno Brookes, but doesn't matter Radio was the best upto after 1993

[@Loverboy19691]

The music started to decline by the end of 1989 as when the 90's took over there was grunge, Rap was more in your face, rave, and bomp bomp bomp music. The Spice girls, Peter Andre , need I say more. Music TV and film was so much better in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

[@ChrisATV301]

Radio 1 was more than 100% better then than the shite its been since 1993!!

[@robbie007]

I remember most of these. 1.55 is my favourite. Don't they still use the one at 3.mins but tweaked to say radio 2?

[@sirtinycreep]

Tony, what a funny colour.

[@agfagaevart]

03:00 My personal fave from those days...

[@OLDGOLDDREAMER]

www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/jingles_menu_page.htm

[@mikeescott3514]

what is the name of the intro at 5:05 it was for the news in the early to mid 70's and where can I download it from, Thanks

[@cbak12sg]

Who is that back right at 4:40 with John Peel, Noel Edmonds, Johnnie Walker and Stuart Henry?

[@keithharvey7230]

Emperor Rosko!

[@cbak12sg]

That one says "THE VOICE OF RADIO ONE ..... DA DA DA DA JUST FOR FUN MUSIC TOO MUCH! The "JUST FOR FUN" is fed through something like a vocoder. This was the first jingle played on Radio 1, just before Tony Blackburn played Flowers In The Rain. Search "Radio One 1 1967 Launch First Broadcast Transmission The Move Flowers in The Rain Tony" then hear the jingle at 0:24

[@simonhickey9621]

Radio 1 is absolute $hite now

[@sirtinycreep]

Where did you get all these from?

[@fluxington]

Search for JAM Jingles...

[@francishoule-dion9763]

Mmmmmm

[@mikeescott3514]

I've been trying to find out the name of the jingle at 5:05 and where I can download it from, can anybody enlighten me? thanks

[@thetragicyouth]

Not sure where I got my copy from, but why not use KZbin To MP3 Converter (a free program) to download the audio of this post as a WAV file?

[@mikeescott3514]

thetragicyouth thanks

[@richardthompson2892]

Used to think they were all mates back then, saw them at the radio 1 football matches, only Jimmy Savile seemed like an outsider

[@scubdad]

wonder why?

[@jonathanj.7344]

Sadly, back then we only thought he was a wacky, good-hearted, eccentric - which was his public image.

[@stephenwood5003]

Those were the days, BBC Radio treat veteran djs like s**t , Simon Mayo treat appallingly, Steve Wright treatment unacceptable, Alex Lester, Richard Allinson, Chris Moyles, the list goes on and on, these controller's haven't got a clue.

[@billyweir714]

Radio 1 when it was brilliant, not this boom boom pump up your jammies music of today

[@jonathanwarner1844]

Thank you for reminding me of one of the many reasons I never listened to Radio 1.

[@fromtheend4253]

👉👅👈

[@garrysimpson1395]

The best DJ"s some in jail. Thanks.

[@roottoot1278]

God Radio 1 was crap

[@scubdad]

Strangely, not as much as it is now...