Matthew Bannister is a British radio administrator and broadcaster. Born in 1957, he first worked for BBC Radio 1 as a presenter of its news programme "Newsbeat" between 1983 and 1986, but first established himself as a "name" in the radio industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s as controller of GLR (Greater London Radio), the BBC's local radio station for London. Here he worked for the first time with Chris Evans, who was pioneering many of the ideas which would later win him equal success and controversy at Radio 1, and also employed a number of the more musically credible DJs from Radio 1's past, such as Annie Nightingale, Tommy Vance, Janice Long and Johnnie Walker (DJ). Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... BBC London 94. ... Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Chris Evans (born April 1, 1966, in Warrington, England) is a British celebrity. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Annie Nightingale (born in London on April 1, 1942) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom, who since the death of John Peel in October 2004 has been the longest-serving presenter on BBC Radio 1 - her career at the station is more than twenty years longer than that... Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (July 11, 1941 – March 6, 2005) was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. ... Janice Long (born April 5, 1955) is a Liverpudlian radio broadcaster in the UK, the sister of former TV personality Keith Chegwin. ... Johnnie Walker (born 30 March 1945 in Birmingham) is a radio disc jockey. ...

In 1993 Bannister was chosen as the new controller for BBC Radio 1, replacing Johnny Beerling who had worked at the station since its inception in 1967. The station was hugely popular, but many of its DJs, producers and other staff had been working there for decades, and it was felt that younger listeners were not being sufficiently catered for. Between 1993 and 1995 many older DJs departed, including Dave Lee Travis, Simon Bates, Alan Freeman, Bob Harris, Johnnie Walker, Steve Wright, Gary Davies and Bruno Brookes. Although audiences declined dramatically, a new wave of DJs, including specialists such as Steve Lamacq (indie rock), Tim Westwood (hip-hop), Chris Goldfinger (ragga/dancehall) and Trevor Nelson (R&B), emerged and became highly popular with a new generation, who were now catered for in a way they had never been before. Other Bannister imports Emma Freud and Danny Baker proved less popular and were soon dropped from the schedules. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Johnny Beerling (born 1937) had a long association with BBC Radio 1, culminating in his eight years as controller, from 1985 to 1993. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dave Lee Travis, or DLT, is a UK radio presenter and disc jockey for the BBC. His Radio 1 career began in 1968, presenting a Sunday morning show from 10am-midday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Simon Bates (born Birmingham, 17 December 1947) is best known for being a disc jockey in the UK. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, spending the vast majority of his time at the station presenting the weekday mid-morning show. ... Jump to: navigation, search Alan Fluff Freeman (born July 6, 1927, Melbourne, Australia) is a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search Whispering Bob Harris (born in Northampton on 12 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music three nights a week. ... Johnnie Walker, keep walking. ... Steve Wright (born August 26, 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. ... Gary Davies (born Manchester, 13 December 1958 — although other sources claim 1957) was one of the UKs most popular disc jockeys of the 1980s. ... Bruno Brookes (born Trevor Neal Brookes in Stoke-on-Trent, 25th April, 1959) is a British radio presenter who shot to fame in the 1980s. ... Steve Lamacq (born October 16, 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by John Peel), is a British disc jockey who has been broadcasting for several years on the popular BBC radio station Radio 1. ... Promotional Photo Tim Westwood Tim Westwood (born 1958) is a British rap DJ and presenter of the Radio 1 Rap Show. ... Trevor Nelson is a radio DJ currently presenting shows on BBC Radio 1 and MTV. External Links Official website Trevor Nelsons Lowdown, BBC 3 Trevor Nelsons Soul Nation, BBC Radio 1 Categories: People stubs ... Emma Freud is a British broadcaster and cultural commentator. ... Jump to: navigation, search Danny Baker (born June 22, 1957) is a British comedy writer, radio presenter and former television presenter. ...

By 1995 the Britpop explosion had proved the success of Bannister's strategy; the bands he had championed a year or two earlier, when they were comparatively obscure and marginal, were now part of the mainstream, and Radio 1 was booming again. Chris Evans, who had become a hugely popular national figure as breakfast DJ, was the figurehead of this boom, but eventually things went sour; by late 1996 Evans' show contained more criticisms of BBC executives than actual music, and in January 1997 Evans resigned after Bannister refused to allow him Fridays off to concentrate on his TV show "TFI Friday". After Mark Radcliffe and Marc 'Lard' Riley had an unsuccessful stint on the breakfast show, the team of Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball were hosting the breakfast show when Bannister left Radio 1 in 1998 (Ball would subsequently host the show on her own). Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Britpop is a British alternative rock movement from the mid 1990s, characterised by the appearance of bands who borrowed many influences from 1960s and 1970s while creating big, catchy hooks, as well as the glamour of earlier pop stardom and the sense that they were creating the soundtrack to the... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TFI Friday was a light entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans and broadcast on Fridays at 6pm on Channel 4 from 1996 to 2000, with a repeat later that night. ... Mark Radcliffe is a British Broadcaster, who came to prominence as a Disc Jockey on BBC Radio 5s Hit The North programme. ... Kevin Greening is a British radio presenter, who has worked on several BBC Radio stations, and currently presents for 102. ... Categories: People stubs | 1970 births | British television presenters ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In the autumn of 1996 Bannister was appointed Director of Radio, a post which gave him overall responsibility over all the national BBC radio networks other than Five Live. He remained controller of Radio 1 alongside this until March 1998, when he was succeeded by Andy Parfitt. In October 2000 Matthew Bannister resigned from the BBC. Since then he has worked as a journalist, notably for The Times, and has presented the late-night show on BBC Radio Five Live. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ...