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The BBC was founded by John Reith 18 October 1922: 95 years ago.
Britain's first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. It was sponsored by the Daily Mail's Lord Northcliffe and featured the Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba. The Melba broadcast caught the people's imagination and marked a turning point in the British public's attitude to radio.
John Reith, a Scottish Calvinist, was appointed its General Manager in December 1922 a few weeks after the company made its first official broadcast.The company was to be financed by a royalty on the sale of BBC wireless receiving sets from approved manufacturers. To this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to "inform, educate and entertain".

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Frequency:  97.7
First air date | 30 September 1967
Owned by The BBC
Sister stations BBC 1Xtra
Radio 1 was conceived as a direct response to the popularity of offshore pirate stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio London , which had been outlawed by Act of Parliament. Radio 1 was launched at 6:55 am on Saturday 30 September 1967.

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To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them
To support learning for people of all ages
To show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services
To reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions and, in doing so, support the creative economy across the United Kingdom
To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world

The BBC's Mission:
To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.
The BBCs Vision:
To be the most creative organisation in the world

Inside the License Fee:
The fee provides a wide range of TV, radio and online content, as well as developing new ways to deliver it to the consumers. In addition to funding BBC programmes and services, a proportion of the licence fee contributes to the costs of rolling out broadband to the UK population and funding Welsh Language TV channel S4C and local TV channels.

How is The BBC regulated
Ofcom mainly regulates the BBC. Some aspects of the BBC are regulated by outside bodies.
Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator. Our relationship with Ofcom is set out in a Memorandum of Understanding.

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On one day in 1930, the BBC went on the air and announced “there is no news” and played piano music.
The BBC now owns the rights to the iconic police box.
In the 1960’s, Pirate Radio boats in international waters broadcasted pop and rock to tens of millions of British listeners. The BBC, which until then mostly catered to classical tastes, was forced to restructure and meet the demand for these genres.
The first voice on Radio 1 Paul Hollingdale was Shortly after 5:30am on 30 September, broadcaster Paul Hollingdale was at the helm, with his Breakfast Special show broadcast simultaneously on both stations
Jimi Hendrix, Madness and The Who have all recorded jingles for Radio 1 and 2

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BBC iPlayer was launched in 2007 and now receives more than 3bn programme catch-up requests a year.

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BBC iPlayer was launched in 2007 and now receives more than 3bn programme catch-up requests a year.

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Every £1 of licence fee spent by the network generates £2 of economic activity. In the period 2011/12, the BBC generated £8.3bn for the UK economy.

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Every £1 of licence fee spent by the network generates £2 of economic activity. In the period 2011/12, the BBC generated £8.3bn for the UK economy.

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Grimshaw joined BBC Radio 1 in September 2007, presenting the BBC's youth strand Switch with friend and fellow DJ Annie Mac. He hosted the show for 9 months solo while Mac hosted a weekend lunchtime slot.
October 2008 to May 2009, Grimshaw hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show
Grimshaw then went on to present the 10 pm – midnight slot on BBC Radio 1 on 1 June 2009, following the departure of Colin Murray.
On 11 July 2012 it was announced that Grimshaw would replace the long-standing Chris Moyles as host of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show. His first programme was on 24 September 2012
In November 2012, Grimshaw attracted criticism from Magic Radio breakfast presenter Neil Fox for comments he made about Radio 1's decision to omit Robbie Williams's "Candy" from its A-List playlist – reportedly due to being "too old" for the station's target demographic.
Some days later, Grimshaw was in the headlines again after it was claimed he refused to promote Rihanna's latest album because she cancelled an interview with him.
On 24 October 2013, it was reported that Grimshaw's breakfast show had one million fewer listeners than Moyles' and that its audience figures were the worst for the station in over a decade. At the time, Grimshaw's show was close to the record low of 5.5 million listeners.
In July 2017 the BBC confirmed that Grimshaw's salary was in the £350,000 - £399,999 bracket.
In October 2017, Grimshaw's Breakfast Show fell to 4.93 million listeners a week, the lowest listening figures for BBC Radio 1's breakfast show since records began. Controller Ben Cooper defended the stats and said it was still "the most relevant youth brand in the UK today

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In a recent international survey of 14 countries, BBC One was rated highest of 66 major TV channels.

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In a recent international survey of 14 countries, BBC One was rated highest of 66 major TV channels.

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The corporation is the largest single investor in TV news production; it spends approximately £680m a year on its radio services, with approximately £120m on radio news, across the UK. The commercial sector spends only about £27m on radio news.

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The corporation is the largest single investor in TV news production; it spends approximately £680m a year on its radio services, with approximately £120m on radio news, across the UK. The commercial sector spends only about £27m on radio news.