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The BBC is Founded

10/18/1922 to 11/14/1922
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Masthead of the first of The Radio Times issued by the BBC

On October 18, 1922 the British Broadcasting Company, the first national broadcasting organization, was formed for radio broadcasting by a group of British telecommunications companies. Its first broadcast from Marconi House in London occurred on November 14, 1922.

Timeline Themes

Telecommunications
Education / Scholarship / Reading / Literacy
Radio