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Radio 1 expands International Women’s Day celebrations
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 5 March 2014
Radio 1 has announced that it is extending its International Women’s Day celebrations to include a daytime all-female presenter line-up too, which will essentially banish men from the airwaves for almost two days.
As previously reported, the specialist schedules will also be handled exclusively by women from the evening of Friday 7 Mar, until the morning of Sunday 9 Mar, bookending the actual IWD on 8 Mar.
Announcing the news, Head of Programmes for BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Rhys Hughes (a man) said: “Radio 1 is delighted to announce that we are extending our commitment to International Women’s Day by adding an all-female line-up to daytime on Saturday 8 March as well. So from 7pm on Friday 7 Mar until 10am on Sunday 9 Mar we have a 39 hour celebration of our female presenter talent”.
Presenter Jameela Jamil (not a man) added: “I’m so happy to be a part of Radio 1’s 39 hour long celebration of International Women’s Day. I’m really looking forward to hosting alongside some of my fellow Radio 1 and 1Xtra female DJs”.
The full schedule is as follows:
Friday 7 Mar:
7pm: Annie Mac
9pm: B Traits
11pm: Heidi
1am: Magda
3am: Annie Nightingale
5am: Monki
Saturday 8 Mar
7am: Gemma Cairney
10pm: Jameela Jamil
1pm: Adele Roberts
4pm: Annie Mac
7pm: Sarah Jane Crawford
9pm: Sian Anderson
11pm: Jamz Supernova
1am: Madam X
3am: Claira Hermet
5am: Adele Roberts
Sunday 9 Mar
7am Gemma Cairney
