LC control no. | n 79074359 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | British Broadcasting Corporation |
Variant(s) | B.B.C. BBC BBC Group Great Britain. British Broadcasting Corporation Hayʼat al-Idhāʻah al-Barīṭānīyah Ying-kuo kuang po kung ssu Yingguo guang bo gong si |
See also | Chief executive: Reith, John Charles Walsham Reith, Baron, 1889-1971 Predecessor: British Broadcasting Company Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Big Band Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Bristol (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Children's International (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Choral Society Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Chorus (1935-1973) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Concert Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Cymru Wales Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Earth (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Education & Training Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Film (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC History Production (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Manchester (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC National Chorus of Wales Hierarchical subordinate: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Northern Ireland Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: BBC One (Television station : London, England) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Radio Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Radiophonic Workshop Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Scotland Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Singers Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Storyville (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Studios Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Symphony Chorus Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Symphony Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Welsh Chorus Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra Hierarchical subordinate: CBeebies |
Beginning date | 1927 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Located | London (England) |
Field of activity | Public broadcasting Radio broadcasting Television broadcasting |
Special note | Do not confuse with: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, often cited as simply BBC. |
Found in | IBA evidence to the Com. on Financing the BBC, 1985: leaf 24, etc. (operates under a charter; United Kingdom) Ken wo hsüeh, 1985- : v. 1, t.p. (Ying-kuo kuang po kung ssu) Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble [VR] 1995, c1994: end credits (BBC) Wikipedia, Jan. 15, 2010 (British Broadcasting Corporation; a publicly owned corporation that operates under a Royal Charter issued by the British Crown; founded on Oct. 18, 1922, as British Broadcasting Company Ltd.; the company was wound-up and in 1927 a new non-commercial entity called the British Broadcasting Corporation became successor in interest); 22 July 2022 (national broadcaster of the United Kingdom; operates under its agreement with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee; John Reith was appointed the British Broadcasting Company's general manager in December 1922, a few weeks after the company made its first official broadcast; the British Broadcasting Corporation came into existence on 1 January 1927, and Reith, newly knighted, was appointed its first Director General) Its Annual report and accounts 2017/18: title page (BBC) page 71 (BBC group) back cover (British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA) Its Group annual report and accounts 2018/19: cover (BBC) page 66 (the BBC's commercial subsidiaries support the BBC public service mission and generate income for the BBC Group) BBC Group annual report and accounts 2021/22: cover (BBC) page 204 (British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Group) page 211 (the BBC Group comprises over 100 subsidiaries, along with a number of associates and joint ventures; comprises the BBC Public Service Broadcaster (PSB), PSB subsidiaries, and BBC Commercial Group) page 211 (the BBC Group structure separates its Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) activities from Commercial operations) |
Associated language | eng |