Sian Anderson joins BBC Radio 1Xtra’s weekday daytime schedule

BBC Radio 1Xtra has announced that from September Sian Anderson will be the new host of Radio 1Xtra’s afternoon show, ...

BBC Radio 1Xtra announces Izzy Bossy as new Friday night presenter

BBC Radio 1Xtra announces Izzy Bossy as the new Friday night show presenter and shakes up its schedule from September.

1Xtra Rap List: Central Cee, Little Simz, Baby Keem and more

This is 1Xtra’s Rap List, your essential guide to the week’s biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop records. If it’s in the ...
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Drake Drops BBC 1Xtra “Fire in the Booth” Freestyle: Watch

Just a week after his "Behind Barz" freestyle, Drake has continued his U.K. jaunt with an appearance on the BBC 1Xtra show "Fire in the Booth." Hosted by Charlie Sloth, the show follows a pretty ...
RadioToday

Izzy Boss to host new show on BBC Radio 1Xtra in schedule changes

A new Friday night show led by Izzy Bossy will headline a wider schedule update on BBC Radio 1Xtra.The station is introducing ...
Complex

20 Years On, 1Xtra’s Still Going Strong—Here’s To The Next 20

Sitting in my grandmother’s living room in Hackney, East London, I vividly remember seeing the advert on BBC One signalling the forming of a new radio station within its network that would cater ...
BBC

BBC Radio 1Xtra

Westwood invited a few people round to Villa 1Xtra for a pool party. More: www.bbc.co.uk/summer/2010/ayianapa/ Westwood invited a few people round to Villa 1Xtra for ...
SheKnows

BBC Radio 1Xtra’s ‘Words First’ brings spoken word to the masses

“Words First,” the BBC’s first ever spoken-word season, is celebrating the powerful, high-energy art form that bridges poetry, storytelling, monologue theatre and a wide range of music genres ...
The Fader

Drake to co-host Radio 1Xtra’s Rap Show this weekend

Drake will take to the BBC airwaves in London on Saturday when he co-hosts's the Radio 1 and 1xtra Rap Show with regular host Tiffany Calver. The news was announced on Thursday morning. You can see a ...
Digital Spy

Radio 1Xtra's Reece Parkinson quits DJ role and reveals surprising career change

BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Reece Parkinson is ditching the airwaves for the world of science. He announced his imminent exit and surprising career switch in a tweet thread earlier this week, which ...
AllHipHop

Uncle Luke Hosting ‘XXXtra’ During BBC 1Xtra Hip-Hop Week

Uncle Luke has signed on to host an X-rated show for the BBC network as part of their 1Xtra Hip-Hop Weekend. The former 2LiveCrew head honcho and original XXX bad man will serve as host to ‘XXXtra,’ ...
Digital Spy

BBC to rebrand Radio 1Xtra

The BBC's digital radio station 1Xtra will reportedly drop its "Love Black Music, Love 1Xtra" slogan as part of a rebranding exercise to bring it closer to parent network Radio 1. According to The ...