In 1927,The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, when it is granted a Royal Charter. Sir John Reith becomes the first Director-General. Motto
British Broadcasting Corporation
Contents
01 Introduction 02 History
03 Services
Part One
A brief introduction of BBC
01 Part One Introduction
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in London and is the world's oldest national broadcasting organization and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.
Britain's first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. The Melba broadcast caught the people's imagination and marked a turning point in the British public's attitude to radio.
The first, experimental television broadcast is made from Broadcasting House in 1932.
02 Part Two History
The Empire Service (precursor of the World Service) launches, broadcasting on shortwave in 1932
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BBC moved much of its radio operations out of London, initially to Bristol, and then to Bedford. Bedford was the studio for the daily service from 1941 to 1945.
Coat of arms of BBC Motto
Part Two
History
02 Part Two History
1920 to 1922 The birth of British broadcasting
1923 to 1926 From private company towards public service corporation
Television broadcasting was suspended from 1 September 1939 to 7 June 1946, during the Second World War, and it was left to BBC Radio broadcasters to keep the nation's spirits up.
The BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television license fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organizations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the BBC World Service(launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic and Persian.
BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service in 1936
In 1938 BBC begins broadcasting its first foreign-language radio service, in Arabic.
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is formed in 1922 14 November – First BBC broadcasts from London (station 2LO). 15 November – First broadcasts from Birmingham (station 5IT) and Manchester (station 2ZY).