Radio 1 Breakfast Show Research by Beth Currall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31 en-us 2018-08-20 19:43:43 UTC 2018-08-21 09:20:31 UTC hello@padlet.com How old is the BBC? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274151336 The BBC is 95 years old: it was created on 18th October 1922. TV broadcasting did not begin until 2nd November 1936.]]> 2018-08-20 19:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274151336 Why was the BBC created? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274153249 Amateur radio stations were closed in order to avoid infiltrating air space, so a group of wireless manufacturers set the company up to produce radios that could be heard on their wireless sets. Some of the profits from the sales of the sets would be ploughed into the BBC to keep it going.]]> 2018-08-20 19:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274153249 Who is Lord Reith and what was his connection with the BBC? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274249331 Lord John Charles Walsham Reith was the founder of the BBC: he was its first general manager when it was formed in 1922, and the first general director when it became a public corporation in 1927. He created the BBC's values and principles, and made the corporation an objective industry.]]> 2018-08-21 08:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274249331 When did the BBC start broadcasting Radio 1? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274249929 Radio 1 was broadcast at 6.55am on Saturday, 30th September 1967 (alongside Radio 2). The station was launched to meet demands of the public, who had been tuning in to offshore pirate stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio London, which were outlawed by an act of Parliament as they were infiltrating military air signals. The first R1 host, Tony Blackburn, was stolen by the BBC from Radio Caroline, in the hopes that he would bring his listeners with him.]]> 2018-08-21 08:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274249929 What are the BBC's Five Public Purposes, set out in the Royal Charter? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274252103 The Royal Charter outlined the BBC's public duty to become an 'instrument of education and entertainment'. The company's five Public Purposes were established in this Charter by Lord Reith:
1. To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them.
2. To support learning for people of all ages.
3. To show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services.
4. 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.
5. To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world. ]]> 2018-08-21 09:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274252103 What are the BBC's Mission, Vision and Values? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274252956 Mission: To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.
Vision: To be the most creative organisation in the world.
Values: Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.
Audiences are at the heart of everything we do.
We take pride in delivering quality and value for money.
Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation.
We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone can give their best.
We are one BBC: great things happen when we work together.
]]> 2018-08-21 09:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274252956 What does the license fee cover? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274253481 The fee provides a wide range of TV, radio and online content, as well as developing new ways to deliver it to you. 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. 
The licence fee allows the BBC's UK services to remain free of advertisements and independent of shareholder and political interest.
]]> 2018-08-21 09:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274253481 How is the BBC regulated? bethcurrall https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274253666 The BBC is regulated by OFCOM (the Office of Communications), and has been since 1st January 2017, after the new Royal Charter was published. Before this, the BBC was regulated internally, by its Trust.]]> 2018-08-21 09:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bethcurrall/cv5gup4u1i31/wish/274253666