[3][4] Peter Powell was the first presenter and he was followed by, among others, Mark Goodier, Sybil Ruscoe, Bruno Brookes, Liz Kershaw, Gary Davies, Kevin Greening, Clive Warren, and Dave Pearce.
[8] The first song of the show was Higher from The Saturdays and Flo Rida, as they called Greg James (Radio 1 Breakfast presenter) to pick it.
Beginning in September 2014, the show was then increased to 4 hours (6-10am) due to changes in the late night and early morning schedule.
On 5 September 2019, the early morning schedule changed again; Arielle Free hosted the weekend early breakfast slot, and Mollie King hosted a new show called "Radio 1's Best New Pop with Mollie King" on Friday 6-6:30 am.
The adjustment was to help Radio 1 promote social distancing and to limit the number of staff allowed in the studio.