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The BBC?s

Bi g Br eak

How Radi o Got I t s

St ar t i n t he

Mi dst of Chaos

BY VIRGINIA EDWARDS

?Wel come t o t he Br i t i sh Car ! So wher e i s t he wor l d di d t hose
Br oadcast i ng Company?s New Radi o t hought pr ovoki ng wor ds get i t s
Show. Today we have a speci al st ar t ? Wel l ? . That i s al l i n t he
guest ! ? I magi ne hear i ng t hose wor ds BBC.

and t r ul y not knowi ng what was goi ng This is John Reith's First appearance on BBC's Radio!
The Br i t i sh Br oadcast i ng Company
t o happen next . Wonder i ng how i n t he
i s t he f ounder of r adi o, and t hey
wor l d you ar e hear i ng what you ar e
di d i t bet ween t he Wor l d War s. The
hear i ng, and f i ndi ng your sel f The Founder of Radi o:
BBC i s a company i n London t hat
cur i ous about t he t echnol ogy
pr oduces, ar t i cl es, r adi o t al ks, and The BBC i s t he f ounder of Radi o, however t hey had and st i l l have many
i nvol ved. Then t hi nki ng, shoul d I be
news shows. ( ?Hi st or y of t he BBC - depar t ment s. The t al ks depar t ment i s what r eal l y pul l ed t he BBC i nt o
l i st eni ng. I s t hi s goi ng agai nst
1920s - Hi st or y of t he BBC. ?) I t i s success. ( ?Hi st or y of t he BBC - 1920s - Hi st or y of t he BBC. ?) The t al ks
what I bel i eve? Why do I suddenl y
ver y popul ar bot h i n Eur ope and depar t ment t hought of t al k i deas, f ound peopl e t o do t hem, and
f eel an emot i onal connect i on t o t he
Amer i ca as t hey r epor t an a wi de r evi sed t he scr i pt s. They cr eat ed as t hey went and had t o deal wi t h
peopl e t al ki ng? I l i ke i t ! I Hat e
var i et y of t opi cs f r om gar deni ng t o al l of t he chal l enges t hat came wi t h i t . John Rei t h t he di r ect or
i t ? Who Knew 15 wor ds coul d pr ovoke
pol i t i cs. The BBC cr eat ed r adi o and hi msel f di dn' t even have, " . . The r emot est i dea as t o what Br oad cast i ng
so much t hought ? Today, hear i ng t hat
changed t he st andar ds of news and was. " One of t he mai n pr obl ems was t he l i mi t at i ons put on t he t al ks. (
on t he r adi o i s not hi ng. Most pr ef er
ent er t ai nment by maki ng waves i n ?Br i t i sh Br oadcast i ng Cor por at i on. ?) The t i me per i od cal l ed f or a ver y
pod cast s, avoi di ng adver t i sement s,
women?s r i ght s, i nt r oduced peopl e t o conser vat i ve poi nt a vi ew, cont r ast i ng f r om t oday?s use of r adi o
and st at i c. Despi t e newer model s,
new t echnol ogy, and di scussi ng i nvol vi ng dat i ng advi ce and pol i t i cs. I t al so di dn?t hel p t hat t hey
r adi o i s st i l l a boomi ng busi ness
t opi cs consi der ed r adi cal at t he si gned a Royal Char t er f or ci ng t hem t o compl y by t he r ul es par l i ament
t hat many peopl e r el y on f or bot h
t i me. ( ?The BBC and Nat i onal set i n pl ace. ( ?Hi st or y of t he BBC - 1920s - Hi st or y of t he BBC. ?) They
ent er t ai nment and i nf or mat i on on t he
I dent i t y i n Br i t ai n, 1922- 53. ?) wer e somet hi ng ver y new, and t al ki ng about cont r over si al t opi cs was
dr i ve t o wor k. I t i s even consi der ed
not t he obvi ous way t o gai n popul ar i t y. The BBC di d however have
a l uxur y t o sat el l i t e r adi o i n your
peopl e who di sagr eed.

" I Hadn' t t he r emot est i dea as t o what r adi o was"

- John Rei t h

The Peopl e Who Changed Radi o: