Tony Blackburn returns to Radio 1

Tony Blackburn will return to BBC Radio 1 for a special show with breakfast host Nick Grimshaw as part of a three-day retrospective as the station turns 50.

The veteran DJ, who uttered the first words on Radio 1 in 1967, will kick off a three-day digital pop-up radio station that will broadcast 50 hourlong nostalgic shows made up of archive material from DJS across its history.

Blackburn will join Grimshaw on Radio 1 on 30 September to play clips from his show and share memories before the pop-up, dubbed Radio 1 Vintage, continues on DAB radio and online.

Flowers In The Rain by The Move, the first song ever played on Radio 1, will also be played during the broadcast.

The three-day event will include hour-long shows featuring the best of broadcasts by DJS such as John Peel, Noel Edmonds, Kenny Everett, Zoe Ball, Chris Moyles, Mike Read and Zane Lowe – some of them sharing their own memories.