{"id":54766,"date":"2022-11-24T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54766"},"modified":"2022-11-23T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:31:20","slug":"awa-presentation-a-history-of-british-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/awa-presentation-a-history-of-british-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"AWA Presentation: A History of British Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1040\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1040\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1040\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007.jpg 460w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBC World Service &#8211; Bush House<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Antique Wireless Association\/Museum recently posted another excellent presentation on YouTube; this time taking a look at the history of British Broadcasting. Here&#8217;s the description followed by the video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Radio broadcasting in the UK followed a much different path than it did in the US, and there&#8217;s more to the story than the BBC. Tim Barrett tells the whole story in this history of British Broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lLxQGwWnGEE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lLxQGwWnGEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you enjoyed this presentation, consider becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquewireless.org\/homepage\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.antiquewireless.org\/homepage\/membership\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Antique Wireless Association\/Museum recently posted another excellent presentation on YouTube; this time taking a look at the history of British Broadcasting. Here&#8217;s the description followed by the video: Radio broadcasting in the UK followed a much different path than it did in the US, and there&#8217;s more to the story than the BBC. Tim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,2436,433,3,305,288,43],"tags":[8181,9715,9203,104,375],"class_list":["post-54766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-longwave","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antique-wireless-association","tag-antique-wireless-museum","tag-awa","tag-bbc","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-efk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51354,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/radio-waves-voa-museum-a-historic-marvel-1bcg-special-event-report-bbc-centenary-celebration-and-czech-radio-turns-off-mw-and-lw\/","url_meta":{"origin":54766,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: VOA Museum a Historic Marvel, 1BCG Special Event Report, BBC Centenary Celebration, and Czech Radio Turns Off MW and LW","author":"Thomas","date":"January 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WHKY-AM-Towers-Transmitter-Site.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WHKY-AM-Towers-Transmitter-Site.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WHKY-AM-Towers-Transmitter-Site.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WHKY-AM-Towers-Transmitter-Site.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WHKY-AM-Towers-Transmitter-Site.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51580,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/awa-presentation-by-author-matt-zullo-the-us-navys-on-the-roof-gang\/","url_meta":{"origin":54766,"position":1},"title":"AWA Presentation by Matt Zullo: &#8220;The US Navy&#8217;s On-The-Roof Gang&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"January 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Erdle, who shares the following: Hi Thomas, I thought that you SWLing visitors might enjoy this presentation from the Antique Wireless Association: The US Navy's On-The-Roof Gang - Pioneers of Radio Intelligence: Video description: Author Matt Zullo is a retired U.S. Navy Master\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTRG-print-3D-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTRG-print-3D-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTRG-print-3D-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTRG-print-3D-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55058,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/awa-video-presentation-patrolling-the-ether-in-ww2-radio-intelligence-for-the-war-effort\/","url_meta":{"origin":54766,"position":2},"title":"AWA Video Presentation: Patrolling the Ether in WW2 &#8211; Radio Intelligence for the War Effort","author":"Thomas","date":"December 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark (AE2EA), who writes: One of our AWA Members recently made this video on the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service (FBMS) and the Radio Intelligence Division (RID) during World War 2. I think it might be of interest to your SWLing enthusiasts: https:\/\/youtu.be\/8qwn--BTT8E Click here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Command-Set-WWII-Encampment.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Command-Set-WWII-Encampment.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Command-Set-WWII-Encampment.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Command-Set-WWII-Encampment.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Command-Set-WWII-Encampment.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56925,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/awa-video-hcjb-high-in-the-andes\/","url_meta":{"origin":54766,"position":3},"title":"AWA Video: HCJB &#8220;High in the Andes&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark (AE2EA), who writes:\u00a0 Good Morning Thomas, The Antique Wireless Museum has just released a video of a presentation by AWA member Rich Place about his time working at HCJB, The Voice of the Andes. 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