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unusual facts about Radio One



Mike Heaton

On 31 October 2005, directly after his band had played a live gig for Radio One in Leeds city centre, he was rushed to hospital to meet his new baby daughter Connie Rose, as he became a father for the second time.

The Roundup

The Roundup was a weekday afternoon program on the Radio One network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, hosted by Tetsuro Shigematsu and Bill Richardson at different times.

WENZ

Owned by Radio One since 1999, the WENZ studios are located in Downtown Cleveland near Burke Lakefront Airport, while the station transmitter resides in Russell Township in Geauga County.


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CBYK-FM

On October 28, 2011, the CBC filed an application with the CRTC to convert CBYK-FM from a rebroadcaster of CBTK-FM to an anchor of a new 23-station regional CBC Radio One network for the Thompson and Cariboo regions, with regional programming originating from new studios in Kamloops.

Cistm Konfliqt...

After the album's release, the band was invited to The Radio One Lock Up show to play a session, and the song "Cracker!" was featured on the Japanese version of the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack.

Cooraclare

In March 2010 Ryan Tubridy, Daytime radio host and presenter of The Late Late Show, presented his popular RTÉ Radio One programme from Tubridys Bar & Restaurant in Cooraclare where he said his great grandfather came from.

Forge Radio

Radio One's Chris Moyles visited the conference to launch the awards and take questions.

Information Morning

It is produced out of the studios of CBHA-FM at the CBC Radio Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is simulcast on all CBC Radio One transmitters on mainland Nova Scotia.

Jayme Stone

Canadian journalist Brianna Goldberg produced a radio documentary about the making of the album, which aired on CBC Radio One.

Maritime Noon

It is produced out of the studios of CBHA-FM in the CBC Radio Building at Halifax, Nova Scotia and is simulcast on all CBC Radio One transmitters in the Maritimes.

Mashit

In October 2004, BBC Radio One host John Peel chose Mashit as a “label of the month”, and since then the Mashit sound and ethos has continued to evolve.

Moxy Früvous

Ghomeshi, Foster, and Ford performed on CBC Radio One on March 1, 2010, as a goodbye to Metro Morning host Andy Barrie.

Music of Malawi

There is a Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, and frequent listeners to "Radio One" will know that Malawian's favorite foreign artists are Don Williams, Shaggy, and South Africans Lucky Dube and Brenda Fassie.

WCKX

Officially, it is the first Radio One-owned station (along with Dallas/Fort Worth's KBFB, Philadelphia's WPHI-FM, which has changed to urban contemporary in 2011 & Indianapolis' WHHH) to be a rhythmic since the sale of former sister station WDHT in Dayton, OH and KTWN-FM in Minneapolis.

What Difference Does It Make?

A different version recorded for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio One is featured on the compilation album Hatful of Hollow.

WRNB

Under Radio One ownership, and prior to 2011, WPHI was one of three stations not to convert to a syndicated morning show; KBXX in Houston and WCKX in Columbus are the other two such stations.

Xpress Radio

Ex-members include Vicki Blight (Absolute Radio), Jen Long (BBC Radio One), Sony Award-winner Luke Franks and Roop and Tom.