European annual dance music programme
Radio show
Europe's Biggest Dance Show
Genre
| Dance
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Running time
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- 420 minutes (2019?May 2020)
- 480 minutes (October 2020)
- 270 minutes (2021)
- 330 minutes (2022?present)
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Country of origin
| Various countries
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Language(s)
| primarily
English
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Home station
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Syndicates
| Various broadcasters
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Produced by
| Dan Morris
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Original release
| 11 October 2019
(
2019-10-11
)
?
present
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No.
of episodes
| 6 editions
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Audio format
| Stereophonic sound
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Website
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Europe's Biggest Dance Show
is an annual multinational
dance music
simulcast
hosted by
BBC Radio 1
in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with several European radio stations, all of which are owned by
public broadcasters
which are members of the
European Broadcasting Union
. The show reaches several millions of listeners all over Europe.
Background
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The
British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC) announced on 27 September 2019 that it would join radio stations from seven other countries, and a potential audience of 18 million listeners, in hosting a one-off dance music simulcast on 11 October.
[1]
The
first simulcast
began at 19:00
BST
and ended at 02:00 BST on 12 October, with
Annie Mac
introducing for BBC Radio 1 in
London
. Seven radio stations across Europe joined the simulcast:
1LIVE
,
Fritz
,
Mouv'
,
NPO 3FM
,
RTE 2FM
,
SR P3
and
Studio Brussel
. Each radio station contributed an hour of dance music from their respective countries, except in the case of 1LIVE and Fritz, who contributed 30 minutes each from
Cologne
and
Berlin
respectively. Some stations chose to feature at least one live
DJ set
as part of their contribution.
[2]
Each radio station sent their feeds to
Broadcasting House
in London, where they were mixed by BBC senior technical producer Dan Morris before being sent back to the radio stations for broadcast.
Replying to @FutureHouseSelf @ahj
Lots of lines! Each participating station linked to us, we’ll mix the programme and then send the whole show back to participating stations. ??
Despite the simulcast being billed as a one-off event,
two subsequent editions
of the simulcast were presented in May and October 2020 respectively, before it became an annual event, with new editions presented in the following years and more radio stations joining the simulcast.
[4]
[5]
Since the
2021 edition
, each participating radio station, including 1LIVE and Fritz, has contributed 30 minutes of dance music from their respective countries instead of an hour.
[6]
Participating broadcasters
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The following table lists the countries, broadcasters and radio stations that have participated in
Europe's Biggest Dance Show
as of 2023.
Table key
†
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Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not participate in further editions as of 2023
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Editions
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The following table lists the editions of
Europe's Biggest Dance Show
. Countries in
bold
are countries that made their debut in the simulcast in their respective years.
Notes
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- ^
Although it did not participate in the October 2020 edition, FM4 broadcast the show as part of its weekly dance music show
La boum de luxe
.
[7]
- ^
Since the October 2020 edition, the show is simulcast on BBC Radio 1 and its online-only sister station,
BBC Radio 1 Dance
.
References
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External links
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