COP: OUGD505 // What is good // BBC Radio Key Events

Another aspect of the exhibition would be show the key events that have happened throughout the years that the radio has been apart of and broadcasted or even have been created because of the radio.

KEY EVENTS:

1922:
2LO opened by Marconi in May.

1922:
14 Nov. BBC start daily broadcasting on 2LO. The first voice was Arthur Burrows, reading the news. The BBC was funded by radio set manufacturers.

1922:
15 Nov. 5IT (Birmingham) and 2ZY (Manchester) become first BBC stations outside London. Further stations in 1922 and 1923 were 5NO, Newcastle; 5WA, Cardiff, 5SC, Glasgow, and in 1924 2BE Belfast started broadcasting.

1924:
“Pips” (Greenwich Time Signal) first broadcast on 5 Feb.

1924:
19 May. Beatrice Harrison, cello and nightingale duet - first time a live instrument was broadcasted on the radio.

1925:
27 July. Daventry Transmitter opens providing national radio coverage.

1925:
20 February. First national broadcast of prices for farmers.

1926:
26 September . The Epilogue radio show started.

1929:
19 July. Toytown first transmitted on the Childrens Hour programme.

1930:
22 October. First broadcast by BBC Symphony Orchestra.

1932:
15 May. Broadcasting House opens. The main BBC building.

19 December. BBC World Service launches
25 December. First Empire Address by King George V.

1935:
6 April. American Half Hour began with Alistair Cooke. A broaccast about America.

1936:
11 December. Edward VIII Abdication speech

1938:
3 January, BBC Arabic Service, first foreign language service launched.

1939:
3 Sept. Chamberlain announces Britain is at war with Germany.

1940:
18 June. De Gaulle’s first broadcast to France.

15 October. Bombing of Broadcasting House

1945:
8 May. VE Day broadcasts with Winston Churchill declaring the war was over.

29 July .Start of the Light Programme.

1946:
24 March. Letter From America spoken radio programme began.

7 October . Woman’s Hour fist broadcasted.

1962:
28 August. Start of experimental stereo broadcasting.

1967:
30 September. Start of Radio 1 hosted by Tony Blackburn.

8 November. BBC Radio Leicester opens , local radio network launched

1970:
6 October. You and Yours - Radio 4 show.