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Radio 1 > BBC R1 on RDS


Anne O Rack

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I feel like a complete geek posting this, but I noticed yesterday that the RDS on my car's radio for Radio 1 had changed 'BBC R1 from its usual 'Radio 1'.

Have they ditched the Radio 1 branding to align in with the other BBC radio stations on FM - e.g. 'BBC R2/3/4' etc - or was it a technical problem? Anyone else's displaying BBC R1?

*firmly zips anorak*

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Normally it'll revert to 'BBC R1' or 'BBC.R1' on the RDS feed if there's an issue at the transmitter and a backup has kicked in. You see it every so often, and I'm pretty sure my car said 'Radio 1' when I was out earlier so it's probably just a mistake.

It used to be 'BBC R1' permanently but changed in the late 90s/early 2000s, so I'm presuming the backup name wasn't changed back then.

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it's always been 'radio 1' since my dad had his car in early 2001 on the old system that was in there, i presume they must of changed it to that before then. my mum had a company car in mid 2000 too and it was the same there. i have seen it change to 'bbc r1' for around 5 minutes in my car but it's rare.

on the grid.

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