Editing Timeline of the BBC (section)

== 1920s ==
* '''1922'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=1920s |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/timelines/1920s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226133810/https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/timelines/1920s |archive-date=2024-12-26 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref>
** 18 October – The [[British Broadcasting Company]] is formed.
** 14 November – Following the closure of numerous amateur stations, the first BBC broadcasts from [[London]] (station [[2LO]]).
** 15 November – First broadcasts from [[Birmingham]] (station [[5IT]]) and [[Manchester]] (station [[2ZY]]).
** 14 December – 33-year-old [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Charles Walsham Reith]] becomes General Manager of the BBC.
** 24 December – First broadcast from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (station 5NO).

* '''1923'''
** 8 January – First outside broadcast, the British National Opera Company's production of ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' from [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]].
** 18 January – The UK [[Postmaster General of the United Kingdom|Postmaster General]] grants the BBC a licence to broadcast.
** 13 February – First broadcast from [[Cardiff]] (station 5WA).
** 6 March – First broadcast from [[Glasgow]] (station 5SC).
** 6 June – [[Edgar Wallace]] makes a report on [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]], thus becoming the first British radio [[Sports journalism|sports reporter]].
** 28 September – First publication of the ''[[Radio Times]]'' listings magazine.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Issue 1 – 28 September 1923 – BBC Genome| date = 28 September 1923| access-date = 10 July 2019| url = https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d58cef702a6a4b26adb3e9df7195cbd4}}</ref>
** 10 October – First broadcast from [[Aberdeen]] (station [[2BD]]).
** 17 October – First broadcast from [[Bournemouth]] (station 6BM).
** 16 November – First broadcast from [[Sheffield]] (relay station 6FL).
** 2 December – The first [[BBC]] radio broadcast in [[Scottish Gaelic]] (relay station 2EH).
** 11 June – First broadcast from [[Liverpool]] (relay station 6LV).
** 8 July – First broadcast from [[Leeds]] and [[Bradford]] (relay station 2LS).
** 21 July – An experimental long-wave station (5XX) is established at the [[Chelmsford]] works of the [[Marconi Company]].
** 15 August – First broadcast from [[Kingston upon Hull]] (relay station 6KH).
** 16 September – First broadcast from [[Nottingham]] (relay station 5NG).
** 21 October – First broadcast from [[Stoke-on-Trent]] (relay station 6ST).
** 12 November – First broadcast from [[Dundee]] (relay station 2DE).
** 12 December – First broadcast from [[Swansea]] (relay station 5SX).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mds975.co.uk/Content/bbc_transmitter_development_clive_mccarthy.pdf |title = BBC Transmitter Development|first = Clive|last = McCarthy|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160618184824/http://www.mds975.co.uk/Content/bbc_transmitter_development_clive_mccarthy.pdf|archive-date = 18 June 2016|date = 28 May 2007}}</ref>

* '''1924'''
** 23 April – First broadcast by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], opening the [[British Empire Exhibition]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Archive 1924: Wembley's British Empire Exhibition |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/clkk0yerk0ko |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref>
** 27 July – Long-wave station 5XX moves from [[Chelmsford]]; [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] language is broadcast throughout [[Scotland]].
** 15 September – First broadcast from [[Belfast]] (station [[2BE Belfast|2BE]]).

* '''1925'''
** February – Heard on BBC radio since 1924, the six electronically generated 'pips' to indicate the Greenwich Time Signal (GTS) were invented by the Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson, and the Director General of the BBC, John Reith.
** 28 March – First broadcast from [[Plymouth]] (relay station 5PY).
** 1 May – First broadcast from [[Edinburgh]] (relay stad to [[Daventry transmitting station]] and becomes the first British radio station to achieve near national coverage: the first step in the establishment of the [[BBC National Programme]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bbceng.info/Books/dx-world/dx-calling-the-world-2008a.pdf|first=Norman|last=Tomalin|title=Daventry Calling the World|year=1998|publisher=Caedmon of Whitby|isbn=0-905355-46-6}}</ref>

* '''1926'''
** 4 May – The [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|General strike]] begins. The BBC broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers or ''[[Radio Times]]'' are published.

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* '''1927'''
** 1 January – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when it is granted a Royal Charter. Sir [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]] becomes the first [[Director-General of the BBC|Director-General]].
** 15 January – First live sports broadcast on the BBC. The [[rugby union]] international England v Wales is commented on by [[Teddy Wakelam]].
** 22 January – First live football match broadcast, featuring [[Arsenal F.C|Arsenal's]] home league fixture against [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] from [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]].<ref>[http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/ggm-40-highbury-stages-first-live-broadcast GGM 40: Highbury stages first live broadcast | News Archive | News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517030637/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/ggm-40-highbury-stages-first-live-broadcast |date=17 May 2013 }}. Arsenal.com (2 August 2007). Retrieved on 10 May 2012.</ref>
** January – First BBC reference library established by [[Florence Milnes]].
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** March – The [[BBC coat of arms]] is adopted.
** 7 July – [[Christopher Stone (broadcaster)|Christopher Stone]] presents a record programme, becoming the first British [[disc-jockey]].
** 21 August – The first high-powered regional station (5GB), forerunner of the Midland [[BBC Regional Programme|Regional Programme]], opens at [[Daventry]].

* '''1928'''
**2 January – The first edition of ''[[The Daily Service]]'' is broadcast. It was originally called ''A Short Religious Service'' but was renamed ''The Daily Service'' in July.
**12 March - The first broadcast of the BBC Dance Orchestra, led by Jack Payne, took place, performing until disbanding in 1939.
* '''1929'''
** 20 August – First transmissions of [[John Logie Baird]]'s experimental 30-line television system.
** 6 November - The first edition of ''The Week in Westminster'' was broadcast on the Home Service, just after the 1929 General Election.