Editing BBC Radio 1 (section)

===Digital distribution===
The BBC launched its national radio stations on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] digital radio in 1995; however, the technology was expensive at the time and so was not marketed, instead used as a test for future technologies. DAB was "officially" launched in 2002 as sets became cheaper. Today it can also be heard on UK digital TV services [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]], [[Virgin Media]], [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]] and the Internet as well as FM. In July 2005, [[Sirius Satellite Radio]] began [[simulcast]]ing Radio 1 across the United States as channel 11 on its own service and channel 6011 on [[Dish Network]] satellite TV. [[Sirius Canada]] began simulcasting Radio 1 when it was launched on 1 December 2005 (also on channel 11). The Sirius simulcasts were [[Time shifting|time shifted]] five hours to allow US and Canadian listeners in the [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|Eastern Time Zone]] to hear Radio 1 at the same time of day as UK listeners. On 12 November 2008, Radio 1 made its debut on XM Satellite Radio in both the US and Canada on channel 29,{{citation needed|date=May 2011}} moving to XM 15 and Sirius 15 on 4 May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-524_SIR_WebLUs_5_4.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-524_SIR_WebLUs_5_4.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Sirius Channel Lineup|date=2 May 2011|access-date=4 May 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-524_XM_WebLUs_5_4.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-524_XM_WebLUs_5_4.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=XM Channel Lineup|date=2 May 2011|access-date=4 May 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Until the full station was removed in August 2011, Radio 1 was able to be heard by approximately 20.6&nbsp;million listeners in North America on satellite radio alone.
BBC Radio 1 can be heard on cable in the Netherlands at 105.10 FM.