
Radio 1 has previously put video content on its YouTube channel, which has 1.6 million subscribers worldwide, including 330,000 in the UK. The BBC Trust said: “If the trend in listening patterns continues unchecked, the station’s ability to deliver the public purposes to a young audience will be substantially reduced.” It had an average weekly reach of 10.5 million people in the third quarter of this year, according to the latest official Rajar figures. Radio 1’s reach among its target audience of 15 to 29-year-olds has fallen 3% over the last five years, with the amount of time young listeners tune in down a quarter from an average of 8.9 hours in 2009/10 to 6.4 hours in 2013/14. Radio 1 will put up to two new pieces of content a day on the channel, with a typical month when it launches next Monday (10 November) featuring 26 video editions of the Live Lounge and one 20-minute documentary or magazine programme.Ī 60-minute filmed Radio 1 interview will go out once every other month, with the broadcast of four flagship live events a year. The new service, which will feature Radio 1’s Live Lounge and live streaming from events such as its Big Weekend concerts and Teen Awards, is expected to generate an extra 310,000 hours of viewing per month. When Westwood offered Esther a drink, she declined, opting for a juice before the DJ kissed her.Media regulator Ofcom said the new service was most likely to impact on local radio and specialist music websites, but the BBC Trust, in giving the go ahead for the Radio 1 on demand service on Monday, said the commercial fallout from the channel was not significant enough to justify a full-scale public value test.

Months later, Westwood allegedly began meeting Esther at Hammersmith Station, and would drive her to his flat. When Esther revealed her age to Westwood, she says “he didn’t look shocked or anything,” leading to the two exchanging numbers. As the group became club night regulars, Westwood began allowing Esther and her friends to attend for free. At the time, Esther and her friends were fans of Westwood’s hip-hop show on Capital Radio, occasionally calling the program for a shout-out. The woman, who spoke to BBC and The Guardian under the alias “Esther,” says that she met Westwood while attending club nights at the London’s Arch in Vauxhall in 1990. One woman claims that she had sex several times with Westwood when she was 14-years-old, according to BBC News. In new BBC News documentary, Tim Westwood: Hip-Hop’s Open Secret, the British DJ and presenter is accused of more than two decades worth of sexual misconduct allegations, dating from 1990 to 2020.

More sexual assault allegations towards DJ Tim Westwood are coming to the forefront. Photo Credit: Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In BBC News documentary, Tim Westwood: Hip-Hop’s Open Secret, the British DJ has been accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
