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The School Broadcasting Council for the United Kingdom had been set up in 1947, replacing the CCSB, and included Scotland and Wales. In 1953, 25,691 British schools were registered for school radio; 9.55am, 11am and 2pm were for primary schools; 11.20am, 2.20pm and 2.40pm were for secondary modern schools; 11.40am was for grammar schools.
The BBC began broadcasting schools programmes on television on 24 September 1957, airing in the afternoon. Morning transmissions began on 19 September 1960. Until 1972, schools programming along with adult education programmes were usually the only daytime programmes shown on both BBC and ITV, as the government regulated and restricted the ...
Mary Somerville, OBE (1 November 1897 – 1 September 1963) was the first Director of Schools Broadcasting at the BBC (1925–1949). She pioneered their school broadcasting program in the 1930s and 1940s, and later served as controller of the BBC Talks division.
Pages in category "Children's radio stations in the United Kingdom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Singing Together was a BBC Radio schools series which ran from 25 September 1939 to 29 March 2001, with repeats until 25 June 2004. [1] Its origins were in Community Singing which was considered necessary at the outbreak of the Second World War following the mass evacuation of children.
BBC Radio 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 Sports Extra, 6 Music and the World Service broadcast only on DAB and BBC Sounds, while Radio 1's Dance stream is available only online. All of the BBC's national radio stations broadcast from bases in London and Manchester, usually in or near to Broadcasting House or MediaCityUK.
He was also a presenter on BBC Schools Radio's Singing Together, and wrote and read stories on BBC Schools Radio's A Service for Schools which was later renamed Together. In a nod to his role with Animal Magic , Morris also added his voice to the award-winning Creature Comforts series of electricity advertisements, created by Aardman Animations .