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6 September – Live coverage of the funeral of Princess Diana is broadcast on all of the BBC national radio networks, as well as on all BBC Local and National radio stations. 1998. 22 March – 5 Live's late night news bulletin News Extra and phone-in/talk show After Hours are broadcast for the final time.
14 November – London radio station 2LO transfers to the British Broadcasting Company and (from 18:00 GMT) transmits its first two news bulletins. [1] 15 November Af the 1922 general election, the first following the partition of Ireland, the Conservative Party under Bonar Law wins an overall majority.
The BBC broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers or Radio Times are published. 1927. 1 January – The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, when it is granted a Royal Charter. Sir John Reith becomes the first Director-General. 15 January – First live sports broadcast on the BBC.
11 May – Station 2LO becomes the second radio station to broadcast regularly in the United Kingdom, operating from Marconi House in London, initially for one hour a day. . The first radio sports commentary in Britain is made on the station when Arthur Burrows describes a boxing match between Ted "Kid" Lewis and Georges Carpentier at Olymp
Nearly 3 billion viewers and listeners watch the ceremonies worldwide. 9 November – BBC News 24, the corporation's UK television news service, launches at 17.30. It is initially only available to viewers with cable television, but is simulcast on BBC1 overnight.
BBC News is an operational business division [2] of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well ...
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The first news bulletin is read by Arthur Burrows, the company's founding Director of Programmes. 15 November: 5IT in Birmingham and 2ZY in Manchester begin broadcasting. All three BBC stations broadcast the General Election results. 14 December: John C. W. Reith is hired as the company's managing director.