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- 1925 in British radio – First broadcasts from the long wave Daventry transmitting station and station 5XX becomes the first British radio station to achieve near national coverage: the first step in the establishment of the BBC National Programme.
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Nov 1, 2023 · However, in the early 1930s, the airwaves grew more competitive, and the BBC decided to abandon local radio in favor of regional and national services. The British Empire service also emerged in 1932, allowing the BBC to broadcast overseas. By 1964, the nature of radio had begun to change.
BBC Radio began as a local broadcaster in 1922, as a national network was technically impossible until the BBC long wave transmitter at Daventry came into service in July 1925. Dr Matthew...
1 May – First broadcast from Edinburgh (relay stad to Daventry transmitting station and becomes the first British radio station to achieve near national coverage: the first step in the establishment of the BBC National Programme. 1926. 4 May – The General strike begins.
BBC Radio began as a local broadcaster in 1922, as a national network was technically impossible until the BBC long wave transmitter at Daventry came into service in July 1925. Dr Matthew...
Nov 10, 2021 · 99 years ago this week, on 14 November 1922, the BBC broadcast its first programme, and daily transmission from London’s 2LO studio began. The first broadcast was read by Arthur Burrows, known as Uncle Arthur. Having previously held a position as a journalist for the Oxford Times, Burrows joined the BBC as Director of Programmes.
Feb 10, 2022 · How Britain’s first radio station launched in a muddy Essex field 100 years ago – before the BBC existed. Radio historian Tim Wander talks to Rhodri Marsden about the fascinating birth of...
Oct 18, 2022 · Timekeeping: The BBC changed the nation’s sense of timekeeping as the radio replaced the village/town clock, then ‘the pips’ came along in 1924, connecting the UK to the Royal Greenwich...
