103 years ago today, on October 18, 1922 (August 28, 1922, the British BBC Radio and Television was established. The British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC for short, is a government-funded but independently operated public media in the UK. It has long been regarded as one of the most respected media in the world, providing services including book publishing, newspapers, English teaching, symphony orchestras and Internet news. On October 18, 1922, the BBC was officially established. The BBC is a government-funded but independently operated public media in the UK and has long been regarded as one of the most respected and authoritative media in the world. Before the establishment of Independent Television in 1955 and Independent Radio in 1973, the BBC was the only television and radio broadcaster in the UK. In addition to being a media with high reputation and coverage around the world, today's BBC also provides various other services including book and newspaper publishing, English teaching, symphony orchestras and Internet news services. When the BBC was born, AUSTINSEVEN was one of the hot topics on the BBC. Historical development Before the establishment of the BBC, many private companies had tried to conduct radio broadcasts in the UK. Under the Radio Act of 1904, the British Post Office is responsible for issuing radio broadcasting licences. In 1919, the Post Office stopped issuing licenses after receiving many complaints from the military about excessive broadcasts interfering with military communications. As a result, in the early 1920s, the number of radio stations dropped sharply, and more and more people called for the establishment of a national radio station. After months of discussion, a committee of radio radio manufacturers finally came up with a plan, and the BBC was born. The BBC was established in 1922 and was jointly funded by several large consortiums, including Marconi, General Electric Company (GEC), British Thomson Houston, etc. The original purpose of the company when it was founded was to establish a nationwide broadcast transmission network to facilitate future national broadcasting. On November 14, 1922, the BBC's first radio station, 2LO, started broadcasting in medium wave from the roof of the Selfridges Department Store on Oxford Street in London. The next day, 5IT was broadcast from Birmingham and 2ZY was broadcast from Manchester. In 1927, the BBC obtained the Royal Charter of Incorporation, and the board of directors was responsible for the operations of the company. The members of the board of directors were appointed by the government for a four-year term. The daily work of the company was handled by the president appointed by the board of directors. In 1932, the BBC Empire Service launched, the first BBC radio channel to broadcast outside the UK. In 1938, BBC Arabic Radio started broadcasting, the BBC's first foreign language channel. By the end of World War II, the BBC had broadcast to the world in seven languages: English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portugal and Spanish. This is the predecessor of BBC World Service. Scottish engineer John Rogge Baird began working with the BBC in 1932 to try out television broadcasts. On November 2, 1936, the BBC launched the world's first television transmission service. Television broadcasting was interrupted during World War II, but resumed in 1946. On June 2, 1953, the BBC broadcast live the inauguration ceremony of Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. It is estimated that about 20 million people across the UK directly witnessed the Queen's accession to the throne. Due to the challenge of underground radio stations, the BBC launched the BBCRadio1 radio service on September 30, 1967, mainly broadcasting popular music. In 1983, the BBC was the first to launch its breakfast time radio service,"BBC Breakfast Time", ahead of its competitors. In 1991, the BBC officially launched the BBC Global News Service TV channel, and later changed its name to BBCWorld in January 1995. Unlike the BBC World Radio Service, the BBC World News Service is a commercial television station that makes money through advertising, which also means that the channel cannot be broadcast in the UK. In August 1998, BBC domestic channels also began to use satellite transmission. An unexpected result of this was that European viewers could also watch BBC1 and BBC2 as long as they used British-made satellite decoders. In July 2003, a BBC Radio 4 news program quoted a government official as saying that the Blair government had "embellished" the issue of Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction, rather than accurately reporting to the public based on intelligence provided by intelligence agencies to gain public support for participating in the U.S. -Iraq war. Andrew Gilligan, the well-known BBC reporter who covered the news, later claimed in an article that Blair's government press officer Alistair Campbell was behind the exaggerated intelligence. The British government completely denied the accusation, and the British Parliament decided to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the incident. The incident caused the relationship between the BBC and the British government to deteriorate. The incident continued to deteriorate after Dr David Kelly, a British Ministry of Defense expert who was originally suspected of being a BBC intelligence source, committed suicide, and both the BBC and the British government were accused of being responsible for Kelly's death. In the Hutton Report, which was finally published by the independent prosecutor, both Gilligan and top BBC officials were accused of mishandling the news. The incident led to the resignations of Geely, BBC President and BBC Board Chairman. Currently, the BBC's Royal Charter is being reviewed and the BBC may be revoked. The BBC's current royal charter will expire in 2006, and there are rumors that the government will not extend the BBC's charter but will grant it to another media outlet. Related knowledge On October 2, 1925, British scientist John? Rogi? J. L.Baird (1888 - 1946) invented the television. Although the puppet's face was blurred and the noise was loud, it still caused a sensation. In 1928, Baird developed the first color TV set, and started it in 1930 to try to pilot audio TV programs. The history of television is almost as long as the history of the MG brand.