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• ALEXANDRA PALACE: Alexandra Palace was built on a hill in Muswell Hill in North London in 1873 as a public entertainment centre. It is now a conference centre operated by a charitable trust. It was nicknamed "The People's Palace", or "Ally Pally", and in 1936 became the headquarters of world's first regular public television service, operated by the BBC
• AMERICA: BBC America is the BBC Worldwide owned-and-operated cable television network in the United States, which was launched on March 29, 1998.
• ASIAN NETWORK: BBC Asian Network is a BBC national radio station based in Birmingham reflecting Asian (in the British context, meaning those countries from the former Indian Empire, now India, Bangladesh, Pakistan) life, culture and music in the UK. Produced by BBC Birmingham from their Mailbox studios, it broadcasts nationally on DAB and digital TV via satellite, cable and Freeview. It is also available in the Midlands via AM, in the Birmingham area and Leicester (which has some variation in programming from the Birmingham frequency).

Alexandra Palace from the east Alexandra Palace was built on a hill in Muswell Hill in North London in 1873 as a public entertainment centre. ... Muswell Hill is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A charitable trust is a trust organized to serve private or public charitable purposes. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... BBC America is the BBC Worldwide owned-and-operated cable television network in the United States, which was launched on March 29, 1998. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Categories: BBC radio | Stub ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... The term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. ... The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ... The Mailbox, current home to BBC Birmingham BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC. It was the first region outside of London to start brodcasting both the corporations radio (in 1922) and television (in 1948) transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter. ... Categories: Places of interest in Birmingham, England | Stub ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service in the United Kingdom broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ...

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• BIRMINGHAM: BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC. It was the first region outside of London to start brodcasting both the corporation's radio (in 1922) and television (in 1948) transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter. For many years, BBC Birmingham was based at the famous Pebble Mill studios, but in 2004 moved to the brand-new Mailbox facility in the centre of the city.
• BRISTOL: BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and surrounding area. Launched in September 1970, it broadcasts from its studios in Bristol on 94.9, 95.5, 104.6 FM, 1548 AM and DAB.
• BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY: British Broadcasting Company, Ltd. was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. Its original office was located on the fifth floor of the General Electric building in London. On December 14, 1922, John Reith was hired to become the Managing Director of the company. On December 31, 1926, the company was disolved and its assets were transferred to the Crown Chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.
• BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. (For the prior history of the BBC before 1927, see British Broadcasting Company.) Today the BBC is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It both produces programmes and broadcasts on television, radio and the Internet. Its primary domestic services on television include BBC One and BBC Two, the news channel and BBC News 24 and on radio: Radio 1 and Radio 4. In addition the BBC operates the BBC World Service on radio and a television world service funded by and operated in cooperation with the British Foreign Office.
• BROADCASTING HOUSE: Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. Situated in Portland Place, it is normally home to Radio 2, 3, 4, 6 Music and BBC 7. Architect G Val Meyer designed the building, which was officially opened on May 14, 1932 and is now Grade II* listed.

The Mailbox, current home to BBC Birmingham BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC. It was the first region outside of London to start brodcasting both the corporations radio (in 1922) and television (in 1948) transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is a broadcasting transmitter based at Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham in England. ... Pebble Mill Studios are located in the leafy suburbs of Birmingham, England. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Places of interest in Birmingham, England | Stub ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and surrounding area. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Bristol is a port city in south-western England, on the River Avon. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. ... The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith (July 20, 1889 - June 16, 1971), later Sir John Reith (1927-), then Baron Reith (1940-) established the British tradition of independent public service broadcasting. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the United Kingdom and Canada a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. ... Crown names several entities associated with monarchy: A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch. ... The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... BBC News 24 is the BBCs 24-hour news UK, its international counterpart being BBC World. ... radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... Broadcasting House is also the name of a BBC Radio 4 programme. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. ... Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Broadcasting House. ... BBC Radio 3 is a domestic UK BBC radio station, launched as The BBC Third Programme in 1946. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media _ DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... BBC 7 is a digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and childrens programming 24 hours a day. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

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• CAMBRIDGESHIRE: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cambridgeshire. It broadcasts from its studios in Cambridge on 96 and 95.7 FM and on DAB.
• CANADA: BBC Canada is a general entertainment channel available on cable and satellite TV. It is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Canadian broadcaster, Alliance Atlantis, along with BBC Kids. Owing to Canada's broadcasting regulations, BBC Canada must carry a quota of Canadian programming, which means that in addition to BBC programmes, it also carries Canadian shows such as Due South and Street Legal.
• COMMERCIAL SERVICE: BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. BBC Enterprises had been operating the commercial exploitation of BBC programmes and other properties for the previous twenty years, having been a successor of BBC Exploitation, a department set up to oversee the commercial exploitation of programme properties through books, toys and the like in the early 1960s.
• COMPUTER: The BBC Micro, affectionately known as the Beeb, was an early home computer. It was designed and built by Acorn Computers Ltd for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
• CONTROVERIES: BBC controversies - The BBC has been the subject of many controversies that have been widely reported elsewhere which can be documented as to their source within this article. Although the BBC has generally sought to distance itself from controversy, it has generated controversy due to its unique position within British society. The following documented subjects reflect some of the controversial issues in which the BBC has become involved. The reporting of the controversy does not imply either agreement or disagreement with any aspect of the controversy itself, merely that the controversy has taken place and that it has been widely reported and previously documented.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cambridgeshire. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earths surface. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis is a Toronto-based media company. ... BBC Kids is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Canadian broadcaster Alliance Atlantis, which airs British shows like Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, Teletubbies, Top of the Pops and Canadian shows like the Magic School Bus, Polka Dot Shorts and Popular Mechanics for Kids. ... Due South was a Canadian television series which originally aired on CBS in the United States and CTV in Canada, as a made for television movie. ... Street Legal was a Canadian television series, which aired on the CBC from 1987 to 1994. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... This article is about the business concept; Commerce is also the name of several places in the United States. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Top view of the BBC Micro The BBC Micro, affectionately known as the Beeb, was an early home computer. ... The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... Acorn Computers Ltd. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... The BBC has been the subject of many controversies that have been widely reported elsewhere which can be documented as to their source within this article. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... A controversy is a contentious dispute, a disagreement over which parties are actively arguing. ...

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• DIRECTORS-GENERAL: Director-General of the BBC.
• DRAMA: BBC television drama - The British Broadcasting Corporation has been a producer and broadcaster of television drama since even before it had an officially-established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. As with any major broadcast network, drama forms an important part of its schedule, with many of the BBC's top-rated programmes being from this genre. Several BBC productions have also been exported to and screened in other countries, particularly in the United States PBS network's Masterpiece Theatre strand and latterly on the BBC's own BBC America cable channel.

The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC. The position is appointed by Board of Governors of the BBC. Sir John Reith (1927-1938) Sir Frederick Ogilvie (1938-1942) Sir Cecil Graves and Robert W. Foot (joint Director-Generals, 1942-1943) Robert W. Foot (1942... The British Broadcasting Corporation has been a producer and broadcaster of television drama since even before it had an officially-established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... Drama is a term generally used to refer to a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Masterpiece Theatre is a long-running television series produced by WGBH that premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971. ... BBC America is the BBC Worldwide owned-and-operated cable television network in the United States, which was launched on March 29, 1998. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional...

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• FOYLE: BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC radio station which serves Derry/Londonderry, named after the River Foyle which flows through the city. It is an opt-out from the main BBC service for Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Ulster.

BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC radio station which serves Derry/Londonderry, named after the River Foyle which flows through the city. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... A radio station is a site configured for broadcasting sound. ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish , Doire Cholm Chille or Doire), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... The River Foyle is a river located in the northern part of Ireland, which flows through County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... Opt-out is a method of requiring a targetted individual to explicitly respond to a solicitation in order to keep from receiving some service or widget, usually used in marketing. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... BBC Radio Ulster is a BBC Radio station based in Northern Ireland. ...

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• GOVERNORS: The Board of Governors of the BBC is a group of twelve people who together regulate the BBC and represent the interests of the public, in particular those of viewers and listeners.

The Board of Governors of the BBC is a group of twelve people who together regulate the BBC and represent the interests of the public, in particular those of viewers and listeners. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...

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• HUMBERSIDE: BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which has now been returned to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Opened in 1971, it broadcasts from its studios in Hull and Grimsby on 95.9 FM, 1485 AM and DAB.

• HEREFORDSHIRE: BBC Hereford and Worcester is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Herefordshire, England.

BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which has now been returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire since April 1st 1996. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The division into counties is one of the larger divisions of England. ... East Yorkshire Holderness Kingston upon Hull Beverley Boothferry Scunthorpe Glanford Great Grimsby Cleethorpes Humberside was an administrative county of England from 1974 until April 1, 1996. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Coat of Arms of Great Grimsby Great Grimsby (typically known simply as Grimsby) is a seaport on the river Humber in the north of England, which has a population of 91,000. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... BBC Hereford and Worcester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

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• INTERNET: The bbc.co.uk website, formerly BBCi (and before that BBC Online), includes a comprehensive news website and archive. The website allows the BBC to produce sections which complement the various programmes on television and radio, and it is common for viewers and listeners to be told website addresses for the bbc.co.uk sections relating to that programme. The site also allows users to see and hear many of the BBC's television and radio services using streaming media. According to Alexa's TrafficRank system, in March 2005 bbc.co.uk was the 12th most popular English Language website in the world.
• INTERACTIVE: BBCi is the brand name for the BBC's interactive digital television services, which are available through Freeview (digital terrestrial) as well as satellite and cable. Unlike Ceefax, BBCi is able to display full colour graphics, photographs and video, as well as allow the viewer to interact with the programme. Recent examples include the interactive sports coverage for football and rugby football matches and an interactive national IQ test. All of the BBC's digital television stations, with the exception of BBC Parliament on digital satellite, allow access to the BBCi service. However, the amount of content available on the digital television BBCi service does not currently match the amount available on Ceefax, which is still available on analogue terrestrial television.

BBC Screenshot bbc. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... BBC News web site BBC News Online (more recently referred to as simply the BBC News website) is the BBCs news web site and part of bbc. ... A Uniform Resource Locator, URL (either pronounced as earl — IPA: (American) or (British) — or spelled out), or Web address, is a standardized address for some resource (such as a document or image) on the Internet (or elsewhere). ... Streaming media is media that is consumed (read, heard, viewed) while it is being delivered. ... Alexa Internet is California-based subsidiary company of Amazon. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... BBCi is the brand name for the BBCs interactive television services. ... BBCi is the brand name for the BBCs interactive television services. ... Interactive television describes any number of efforts to allow viewers to interact with television content as they view. ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... Ceefax (phonetic for See Facts) is the BBCs teletext information service. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Rugby football, as a catch-all term, may refer to two related but separate team sports: rugby league and rugby union. ... BBC Parliament is a British television channel from the BBC. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the British House of Commons and House of Lords, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... Analog television encodes picture information by varying the voltages and/or frequency of the signal. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air or OTA) is the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery, by radio waves. ...

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• JAPAN: BBC Japan is a television channel from the BBC available via satellite in Japan, which launched on December 1, 2004. Similar in format to BBC Prime, BBC Japan shows such BBC programmes as Blackadder and Fawlty Towers, with many of them subtitled in Japanese.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earths surface. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Prime is the BBCs general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ... The second series of Blackadder was set in Elizabethan England, starring (left to right) Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Rowan Atkinson as Edmund, Lord Blackadder, and Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy Percy. ... The cast of Fawlty Towers, clockwise from top: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Manuel (Andrew Sachs) and Polly Sherman (Connie Booth) Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast in 1975. ...

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• KENT: BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Kent, England.

BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...

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• LEEDS: BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. Opened in 1968, it broadcasts from its studios in Leeds on 92.4, 95.3 FM, 774 AM and DAB.
• LEICESTER: BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. It broadcasts from its studios in Leicester on 104.9 FM and DAB. It was the very first BBC Local Radio station, first broadcasting on 8 November 1967.
• LICENCE (TV}: In the United Kingdom, these fees are set by Parliament and go directly to the funding of the BBC, enabling it to run without the need for funding by advertisements. The licence fee, initially for radio sets (exempt since 1971), was mandated by the 1904 Wireless Telegraphy Act. The fee was originally 10 shillings (£0.50) and in 2004 was £121 for colour TV and £40.50 for monochrome TV. There are concessions for the elderly (free for over 75s) and blind people (50% off).
• LIME GROVE STUDIOS: Lime Grove Studios was a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915 situated in a street named Lime Grove, near Hammersmith, west London and described by Gaumont as "the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for the production of films".
• LOCAL RADIO: BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. Radio Leicester was the first to launch on 8 November 1967.

BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The metropolitan counties of England are counties that cover large urban areas, each with several metropolitan districts. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Location within the British Isles. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now the pound, can generally refer to the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking sight. ... Lime Grove Studios was a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915 situated in a street named Lime Grove, near Hammersmith, west London and described by Gaumont as the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for... A movie studio is a location, room, building, or group of buildings and/or sound stages, offices and storage facilities, which may include a backlot, where movies are made. ... Gaumont Pictures were founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont (1864-1946). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hammersmith is a town in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• MONITORING: BBC Monitoring is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation that monitors the mass media worldwide. It is based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. BBC Monitoring is funded by subsciptions from governments and enterprises throughout the world. It does not receive any licence fee money. BBC Monitoring has its own subscription-only website at www.monitor.bbc.co.uk.

BBC Monitoring is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation that monitors the mass media worldwide. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... Caversham is a village in the unitary authority of Reading, England, although, historically, Caversham was part of Oxfordshire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Press is a general term having a number of related meanings stemming from the original definition of pressing as the physical action of applying force: Things relating to Metalworking: Machine press, a machine that shapes material by the application of pressure; Flypress, a machine that cuts material by pressing with... In journalism, news agencies are bodies established to supply news reports to newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. ... This article describes a type of political entity. ...

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• NATURAL HISTORY UNIT: BBC Natural History Unit is a department of the BBC, dedicated to making programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme. Based in Bristol.
• NEWS: BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporation's news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online.
• NORTHERN IRELAND: BBC Northern Ireland (sometimes called BBC NI) is a regional television station based in Northern Ireland and which broadcasts programmes which are slotted into the BBC network for special broadcast within Northern Ireland. It is based in Broadcasting House in Belfast city centre, not to be confused with the BBC's main radio headquarters at Broadcasting House in London.

The BBC natural history unit is a special unit of the BBC, dedicated to making programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme. ... Bristol is a port city in south-western England, on the River Avon. ... BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... BBC Northern Ireland (sometimes called BBC NI) is a radio and television broadcaster in Northern Ireland. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Broadcasting House is also the name of a BBC Radio 4 programme. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

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  • BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA: The BBC Concert Orchestra is based in London and is one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five orchestras. With around fifty players it is the only one of the five which is not a full scale symphony orchestra. It is also the most populist, playing a mixture of light classical music and popular numbers.
  • BBC NATIONALO ORCHESTRA OF WALES: The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is the main full scale professional orchestra in Wales.
  • BBC PHILHARMONIC: The BBC Philharmonic is a professional symphony orchestra based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.

The BBC Concert Orchestra is based in London and is one of the British Broadcasting Corporations five orchestras. ... The BBC Singer of the World competition (formerly the Cardiff Singer of the World competition) is a singing competition held every two years. ... The BBC Philharmonic is a professional symphony orchestra based in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain. ...

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• PARLIAMENT: BBC Parliament is a British television channel from the BBC. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the British House of Commons and House of Lords, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. It also rebroadcasts some material from the equivalent US channel, C-Span. Its nightly political programme is known as 'The Record'. It was previously known as the Parliamentary Channel.
• PEBBLE MILL STUDIOS: Pebble Mill Studios are located in the leafy suburbs of Birmingham, England. Opened by HRH Princess Anne on the 10th November 1971, Pebble Mill has remained a landmark ever since. The land for Pebble Mill was acquired by BBC Birmingham in the 1950s but plans for the site weren't approved until 1967, the same year that construction of the studios began.
• PROGRAMMING (TV): Television Programming of the BBC.
• PRIME: BBC Prime is the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A version of the channel was launched in Asia on December 1st, 2004. It broadcasts via satellite and cable, for 18 hours a day, with the remaining six hours being used for educational programmes for BBC Learning.
• PUBLICATIONS: Radio Times is the BBC's weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. It was founded in 1923, and originally carried details of BBC radio programmes in response to a newspaper boycott of radio listings. It was at one time the magazine with the largest circulation in the UK.

BBC Parliament is a British television channel from the BBC. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the British House of Commons and House of Lords, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... C-SPAN, (formally, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), was the first United States cable television network dedicated to 24-hour coverage of government and public affairs. ... Pebble Mill Studios are located in the leafy suburbs of Birmingham, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... HRH The Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15, 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Mailbox, current home to BBC Birmingham BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC. It was the first region outside of London to start brodcasting both the corporations radio (in 1922) and television (in 1948) transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield television transmitter. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An incomplete list of popular BBC produced shows and shows originally produced for BBC TV: Numbers Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Numbers 2point4 children A Absolute Power... BBC Prime is the BBCs general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earths surface. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earths surface. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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• RADIO: BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company, Ltd.
  • RADIO ONE: BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). Radio 1 was launched at 7am on September 30, 1967 as a direct response to the popularity of illegal pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline.
  • RADIO 2: Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Broadcasting House. Programmes are also relayed on DAB, Sky Television, Cable TV, Freeview and the Internet.
  • RADIO 3: BBC Radio 3 is a domestic UK BBC radio station, which devotes most of its schedule to classical music. It was launched as The BBC Third Programme in 1946. Its name was changed on 30 September 1967 when, with the launch of BBC Radio 1, the three other national radio channels were also given numbers and, logically enough, Radio 3 was launched. It incorporated a service on the Third Programme's wavelength which had previously been known successively as Network Three, the Third Network and the Music Programme, which tended to play less challenging music than the Third Programme and did not include the Third Programme's speech output. Radio 3 also absorbed the adult education material previously carried on the frequency under the name "Study Session", and the Saturday afternoon sports coverage which was known as "Sports Service", although this was moved to Radio 2 in April 1970.
  • RADIO 4: BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It is broadcast on 92 - 95 MHz FM and 198 kHz longwave; and via DAB, satellite, Freeview channel 74 and the Internet.
  • RADIO 5: BBC Radio Five Live is the BBC's radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. It is transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz AM in the mediumwave band, frequencies that had since 1978 belonged to BBC Radio 2, and on digital radio, digital satellite and digital terrestrial television. The station broadcasts from the News Centre at BBC Television Centre.
• RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the sound special effects unit of the BBC was created in 1958 to produce sound effects for radio and was closed around 1996. It was based in Maida Vale in London.

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September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term pirate radio lacks a specific universal interpretation. ... Radio Caroline is a European radio station that originally commenced transmissions as an offshore radio station broadcasting from a ship anchored off the coast of South East England in international waters. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... A radio station is a site configured for broadcasting sound. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Broadcasting House is also the name of a BBC Radio 4 programme. ... DAB is an abbreviation that can stand for several things: Digital Audio Broadcast Daytona Beach International Airport The Daba language of Cameroon Dave & Busters restaraunts in the United States the German Aikido Federation, or Deutschen Aikido-Bundes eV Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund e. ... The name Sky Television may refer to: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom SKY Network Television in New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service in the United Kingdom broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... 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What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... History is a term for information about the past. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Longwave radio frequencies are those below 500 kHz, which correspond to wavelengths longer than 600 meters. ... DAB is an abbreviation that can stand for several things: Digital Audio Broadcast Daytona Beach International Airport The Daba language of Cameroon Dave & Busters restaraunts in the United States the German Aikido Federation, or Deutschen Aikido-Bundes eV Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund e. ... Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service in the United Kingdom broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Broadcasting House. ... Digital radio describes radio technologies which carry information as a digital signal. ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) technology to provide a greater number of channels, and digital quality of sound and picture, through a conventional aerial instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the sound special effects unit of the BBC was created in 1958 to produce sound effects for radio and was closed around 1996. ...

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• SCOTLAND: BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a significant amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters. Based at Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow, BBC Scotland co-ordinates two of the country's five public television stations: BBC ONE Scotland and BBC TWO Scotland, as well as national radio networks, BBC Radio Scotland and the Gaelic language BBC Radio nan Gaidheal.
• SHAKESPEARE: The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985.
• STATIONS (RADIO): Radio Stations of the BBC.
• STATIONS (TELEVISION): Stations of the BBC.
• SWINDON: BBC Radio Swindon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English town of Swindon. It broadcasts from its studios in Trowbridge (which it shares with Radio Wiltshire) on 103.6 FM and DAB.

BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... BBC Alba is the Gaelic name for Scotlands national television broadcaster, BBC Scotland Television. ... Scottish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, or just Gaelic (Gàidhlig; IPA: ), is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow or Ghlaschu is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... Scotland has five public terrestrial television stations. ... BBC Radio Scotland is the BBCs national radio network for Scotland, broadcasting since 1978 on FM and medium wave. ... BBC Radio nan Gaidheal is the BBCs Gaelic language broadcaster for Scotland. ... The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985. ... BBC national radio stations BBC Radio 1 - popular music aimed at a young audience BBC 1Xtra - hip hop, garage, gospel and R&B BBC Radio 2 - adult-orientated popular music BBC Radio 3 - classical, jazz and world music, culture, drama BBC Radio 4 - spoken-word programmes BBC Radio Five Live... List of stations Television United Kingdom BBC One (DTT channel 1) BBC Two (DTT channel 2) United Kingdom, digital only (Digital Terrestrial (DTT), Digital Cable and Digital Satellite (Astra 2D)) BBC Three, formerly known as BBC Choice (DTT channel 7) BBC Four, formerly known as BBC Knowledge (DTT channel 10... BBC Radio Swindon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English town of Swindon. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Swindon is a large town of Wiltshire, England, located in the South West of the UK (between London and Bristol). ... Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ... BBC Radio Wiltshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Wiltshire. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ...

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• TELEVISION: BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1936. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927.
  • BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formally styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. It is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and first broadcast as the 'BBC Television Service' on November 2, 1936, although the BBC had been broadcasting experimental and test transmissions in a variety of formats since 1929. The station held a complete monopoly on television broadcasting in the UK until ITV was launched in 1955.
  • BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC.
• THIRD PROGRAMME: The BBC Third Programme was the third national radio network broadcast by the BBC, has since become Radio 3, but was originally known (at least within the BBC) as C. The other two were the Home Service (mainly speech based) and the Light Programme, dedicated to light music, usually cover versions of popular music of the day played by the "in-house" BBC orchestras. The Home Service is now known as Radio 4 and the Light Programme is Radio 2. The Third Programme continued as a separate evening service on the same frequency after the inception of Radio 3 in 1967, but was absorbed into Radio 3 in April 1970.
• THREE COUNTIES: BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (referred to as "Beds, Herts and Bucks"). It broadcasts from its studios in Luton on 95.5 FM in Bedfordshire, 103.8 FM in Hertfordshire and 104.5 FM in Buckinghamshire.
• TIMELINE: This is a timeline of the history of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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• WALES: BBC Wales (or BBC Cymru) is the regional branch of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales, and is based at Broadcasting House in Cardiff, not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London, which is the headquarters of BBC Radio. The channel debuted in 1964 to much fanfare (snappy, succinct television commercials told the area that "Wales gets its very own TV service in 1964!").
• WORLD (TELEVISION): BBC World is the British Broadcasting Corporation's 24-hour international current affairs TV channel with BBC News, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews, and was launched in January 1995. Internationally, it competes with the US network CNN International, and also with Sky News in Europe.
• WORLD SERVICE (RADIO): The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. The English service broadcasts 24 hours a day. Unlike the BBC's main radio and television services, which are primarily funded by a licence fee, the World Service is funded by the British Government through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, although it remains politically neutral.
• BBC WORLDWIDE: BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995.

BBC Wales (or BBC Cymru) is the regional branch of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales, and is based at Broadcasting House in Cardiff, not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London, which is the headquarters of BBC Radio. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd, from caer, fort, and dydd, Aulus Didius) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... Broadcasting House is also the name of a BBC Radio 4 programme. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... BBC World News ident, currently used after relaunch in December 2003. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CNN International is a English language pay TV network available in most of the world that is owned by Time Warner. ... Sky News is Europes first 24-hour television news channel, originally launched as part of the 4-channel Sky Television satellite package in February 1989. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ... International broadcasting is broadcasting deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom abroad. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ...

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