Editing BBC Radio 1 (section)

=== Music ===
Because of its youth-orientated nature, Radio 1 plays a broad mix of current and potential future hits, including [[indie rock|independent]]/[[alternative rock|alternative]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], rock, dance/[[electronica]] and pop. This made the station stand out from other [[contemporary hit radio|top 40]] stations, both in the UK and across the world. Since its progressive view on modern electronic music, the BBC Radio 1 is well-liked and known in the worldwide [[drum and bass]] community, frequently hosting producers and DJs like [[Hybrid Minds]] or [[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]].

Due to restrictions on the amount of commercial music that could be played on radio in the UK until 1988 (the "[[needle time]]" limitation) the station has recorded many live performances. Studio sessions (recordings of about four tracks made in a single day), also supplemented the live music content, many of them finding their way to commercially available LPs and CDs. The sessions recorded for [[John Peel]]'s late night programme are particularly renowned. The station has continued to record live music with its [[Live Lounge]] feature and the Piano Sessions, which started in November 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 1's Academy comes to the Albemarle|url=https://www.hullmusichub.com/bbc-radio-1s-academy-2/|url-status=live|access-date=25 April 2021|website=Hull Music Service|date=15 May 2017 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425145058/https://www.hullmusichub.com/bbc-radio-1s-academy-2/|archive-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

The station also broadcasts documentaries and interviews. Although this type of programming arose from necessity it has given the station diversity. The needletime restrictions meant the station tended to have a higher level of speech by DJs. While the station is often criticised for "waffling" by presenters, an experimental "more music day" in 1988 was declared a failure after only a third of callers favoured it.