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Sound carried by electromagnetic waves, grown from Marconi's wireless telegraphy of the 1890s into scheduled public broadcasting in 1920. Radio was the first medium to put a live voice into millions of homes at once, and it remains the most widely accessible electronic medium in the world.
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Origin Year1922 marks the BBC's daily scheduled broadcasting, which this entity's own origin-note anchors on; Marconi's first wireless transmissions predate it by two decades. OriginScheduled public broadcasting is exemplified by the BBC, which began daily transmissions from its London 2LO studio on 14 November 1922. 2 Place of Origin Primary FormatLive or recorded audio transmitted over radio waves to receivers over a wide area 1 Typical DistributionScheduled over-the-air broadcast from local stations, received live on a radio receiver 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The wartime London reports were radio.
Media Entries
The doctrine was articulated for radio and extends to television; its birthplace medium is recorded here.
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Wikimedia Foundation1922 Timeline sectionQuote, 1922 Timeline section
2LO is transferred to the British Broadcasting Company and begins broadcasting on medium wave from Marconi House to London.
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Wikimedia FoundationRadio broadcasting, lead sectionQuote, Radio broadcasting, lead section
Radio broadcasting is the transmission of signals, especially audio, to receivers using radio waves over a wide area.
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Wikimedia FoundationRadio broadcasting, Receiver sectionQuote, Radio broadcasting, Receiver section
It receives audio programs intended for public reception transmitted by local radio stations.
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Wikimedia FoundationMedia Entries: Vacuum Tube, Triodes sectionView the Source 2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site
National Science and Media Museum, Science Museum GroupThis week in broadcasting history blog postQuote, This week in broadcasting history blog post
99 years ago this week, on 14 November 1922, the BBC broadcast its first programme, and daily transmission from London's 2LO studio began.
A Social History of the Media
Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, Polity Press, 2009
Encyclopedia Britannica
BBC Official Site
British Broadcasting CorporationMedia Entries: Public Service BroadcastingView the Source Nobel Prize Official Site
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