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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 ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
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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 decade by...
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 in June 1920.
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 British Broadcasting Company Limited (BBC) was a short-lived British commercial broadcasting company formed on 18 October 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
