Bayern 1 is a German public radio station in Bavaria, owned and operated by the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).

The station is aimed at a middle-aged audience and, in addition to the music format in the Adult Contemporary category (listenable format radio for adults), also offers more recent pop music as well as information and comprehensive regional reporting.

At the beginning of October 2015, the changeover first took place in the Mittagsmagazin, and at the turn of the year 2015/2016 also in the Regionalnachrichten.

In the course of time, musical genres were thus removed from Bayern 1 and redistributed as follows on Bayerischer Rundfunk: Popular programs: Particularly popular are the program Heute im Stadion (Today in the Stadium), which always reports from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays on the current matchday of the Bundesliga and takes over the ARD Bundesliga conference, as well as the Sunday celebrity talk show Die Blaue Couch (The Blue Couch) from 12 to 2 p.m., which has now been broadcast additionally on weekdays from 7 to 8 p.m. since January 8, 2019.

In addition, the program is available via Deukom, DVB-S (regional window of Upper Bavaria) and on the Internet.