1LIVE is a radio station operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting corporation in Germany.

1LIVE was intended to replace WDR 1 as a more youth centric radio station, this was because WDR1 had an ever ageing listenership.

[2] Every second person under the age of 30 in 1LIVE's broadcasting area, North Rhine-Westphalia, which is named Sektor, listens to 1LIVE at least once a day.

On 4 October 2006, 1LIVE Kunst, a channel that dealt with cultural topics and demanding pop music, was launched.

Among other things the festival 1LIVE Königstreffen, the music award 1LIVE Krone for German artists and the newcomer-festival Das erste Mal.

1LIVE broadcasts and organizes so called radio concerts with famous musicians like Green Day, Kings of Leon and The Kooks.

On Friday 11 October 2019, 1LIVE joined forces with several European radio stations, all other members of the European Broadcasting Union, including Swedish SR P3, German RBB Fritz, Belgian VRT Studio Brussel, Irish RTÉ 2fm, French Radio France Mouv and Dutch NPO 3FM headed up by British BBC Radio 1 for a special simulcast show named "Europe's Biggest Dance Show".

[3] In 2006, 1LIVE got an ECHO as they are Bester Medienpartner des Jahres (translated: best media contact of the year).