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British Broadcasting Corporation

LC control no.n 79074359
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingBritish Broadcasting Corporation
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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 alsoChief executive: Reith, John Charles Walsham Reith, Baron, 1889-1971
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Predecessor: British Broadcasting Company
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Big Band
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Bristol (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Children's International (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Choral Society
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Chorus (1935-1973)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Concert Orchestra
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Cymru Wales
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Earth (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Education & Training
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Film (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC History Production (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Manchester (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC National Chorus of Wales
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Northern Ireland
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC One (Television station : London, England)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Radio
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Scotland
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Singers
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Storyville (Firm)
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Studios
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Symphony Chorus
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Welsh Chorus
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Hierarchical subordinate: BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
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Hierarchical subordinate: CBeebies
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Beginning date1927
Associated countryGreat Britain
LocatedLondon (England)
Field of activityPublic broadcasting Radio broadcasting Television broadcasting
Special noteDo not confuse with: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, often cited as simply BBC.
Found inIBA 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 languageeng