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Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day. Explore more than 100 years of the BBC’s history – click on our interactive timeline or investigate a topical...
Founded: 18 October 1922; 101 years ago () (as British Broadcasting Company) 1 January 1927; 97 years ago () (as British Broadcasting Corporation) Founder: HM Government: Headquarters: Broadcasting House London, England, UK
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- November 1922 - 2LO launched. Following the closure of numerous amateur stations, the BBC started its first daily radio service in London – 2LO. After much argument, news was supplied by an agency, and music drama and 'talks' filled the airwaves for only a few hours a day.
- December 1922 - John Reith appointed. Thirty-three year old John Charles Walsham Reith became General Manager of the BBC on 14 December 1922. I hadn't the remotest idea as to what broadcasting was.
- September 1923 - Radio Times first edition. The first edition of The Radio Times listed the few programmes on offer. It also provided advice for budding radio enthusiasts, and numerous advertisements by the fledgling radio industry, offering the latest in radio receiving technology.
- February 1924 - the Pips first heard. Heard on BBC radio since 1924, the six electronically generated 'pips' to indicate the Greenwich Time Signal (GTS) were invented by the Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson, and the Director General of the BBC John Reith.
The formation of the BBC. 18 October 1922. The UK’s first live radio broadcast came from the factory of the Wireless Telegraph Company in Chelmsford, under the ownership of Guglielmo Marconi...
The BBC is one of the few broadcasters that has taken its own history seriously. From the 1950s it began a comprehensive project devoted to looking at itself. ... Frank Gillard, founder of the BBC ...
1922. 18 October – The British Broadcasting Company is formed. 14 November – Following the closure of numerous amateur stations, the first BBC broadcasts from London (station 2LO ). 15 November – First broadcasts from Birmingham (station 5IT) and Manchester (station 2ZY ).
The BBC Story No other broadcaster in the world has had such a diverse, exciting and long history. The BBC celebrates its centenary in 2022, and these timelines map out the Corporation's life ...
