Intriguingly BBC Culture's latest podcast promo uses this 1896 Electrophone pic. (L: BBC's; R: original) (see our podcast ep 91 for more on the Electrophone, and how it connected theatres and churches to your landline, in our chat with Dr Tasha Kitcher: bbcentury.podbean.com/e/091-the-elec…)

The weather looks good this Saturday. Join my 90min walking tour of early BBC sites! Meet 3pm, steps of All Souls Langham Place, end at Savoy Hill approx 4:40ish, via the birthplace of the headphones, the first BBC studio + Room 101. £PWYW You're welcome: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pks-walking-…

Some of us are still Reithians, thanks

Last call for tomorrow's Walking Tour of Old BBC (+ pre-BBC) Buildings (outside only!) Join half a dozen of us, 2 miles, start at BH (well, All Souls Langham Place) at 3pm, end at Savoy Hill 4:40ish, via a dozen stops. Weather looks good! £PWYW Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pks-walking-…

The British Broadcasting Century podcast ep104 lands next week, on the first Radio Times Our latest eps tell of the BBC in Aug 1923: 103=Rob Roy pod.fo/e/318dbb 102=Simultaneous Broadcasting pod.fo/e/2fc9e8 101=Sykes Report pod.fo/e/2ef292 Happy listening!

Due to the way time works, this is now today…

100 years ago today it was the BBC’s first broadcast from the League of Nations in Geneva. That and other broadcasting landmarks from 100 years ago are listed here, in the BBC Yearbook 1930.

Thanks to all patrons & matrons who support the British Broadcasting Century podcast project. (Do consider joining if you like all this - £5/mth, cancel whenevs) Here's a quick vid for them from after last weekend's walking tour - on/at Marconi House: patreon.com/posts/vid-marc…

Late to repost, but I was looking for colour pics of BH in WW2 (after a pal told me it was painted dark green as camouflage), and just saw these rarities...

📺 Culture Sec Lisa Nandy: "I've had particular concerns raised with me by parliamentarians about the appearance of Nigel Farage presenting news programmes on GB News." 🇬🇧 "The public have a right to know if what they're seeing is news and is impartial or is not."

The British Broadcasting Century podcast episode 104 lands tomorrow: a look through of the first issue of the Radio Times (I bought a copy recently for the price of a bottle of whisky) Subscribe and it will land in your pod-inbox, or whatever you call it: podfollow.com/bbcentury

Happy 45th birthday to us... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

New podcast ahoy! Episode 104 of The British Broadcasting Century - on the first Radio Times - we have a browse... pod.fo/e/328f91

youtube.com/watch?v=qqdnMX… Since RTE Radio launched as 2RN in 1926, they launched numerous stations, listen to them here. 2RN, 6CK, Radio Athlone, Radio Eireann shortwave, Radio na Gaeltachta, RTE Community Radio, Cork Local Radio, Millennium FM, Atlantic 252, Lyric FM and RTE Gold

Some pictures from the first month of broadcasting in Ireland when 2RN launched on Jan 1st 1926. The studio was located on the now gone Little Denmark Street where the ILAC Centre is today RTÉ Radio 1 GPO Museum The British Broadcasting Century podcast

Our latest podcast is out now - on the first Radio Times. From that issue: - the front page - the first cartoon (on listening at a village hall) - the first letter (from Spain) - my favourite ad ("Height increased"!) The podcast awaits your ears. Do it now, whatever your height.

A nice article on songs banned by the Beeb (though despite its headline, I don't think it ever claims one as 'greatest'): faroutmagazine.co.uk/best-song-bbc-…

The British Broadcasting Century podcast On the subject of banned records there was this programme in 1978 mixcloud.com/NEILRSR/frank-…