The History of Broadcasting

The first BBC broadcast was made on November the 14th, 1922. The consortium of radio manufacturers got together to form the British Broadcasting Company after realising that manufacturing radios was pointless without something for people to listen to. In May 1932, the newly built broadcasting house opened and some of its original visitors are still trying to get through security. By 1936, there were two competing technologies vying for the BBC's television contract: Baird Company's 240-line mechanical television system and Marconi EMI's 405-line electronic system.