[interestednovice]

BBC Radio1 is like BBC One as in they both won't exist in the future. How the future of radio will look is still up in the air. Will it be more like podcasts or will the BBC launch a stream called "BBC Sounds 1". Time will tell. TV and Radio are dying but they are no dead yet. We are in a transitioning period and broadcasters have to make the move otherwise they get left behind. The focus has to be the future brand not the past.

I disagree with you. The idea that “live” audio or video content will cease to exist is not something I think likely. Exisiting brands could become digital-only, as Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (for example) already is and has been since launch. Just because it’s a “digital” station, it isn’t “not radio”.

There is also no need whatsoever to ditch well-established brands. Replacing Radio 1 with “Sounds 1” would make no sense.