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The 100th anniversary of its first official bbc broadcast — a news bulletin from london. it included a court report from the old bailey, details of disruption caused by fog in the capital, and the billiards scores. our correspondent david sillito reports. hello. 2lo calling, 2lo calling. november the 1ath, 1922, and the beginning of the bbc. 2lo was the call sign of the bbc station in london. and 100 years on, the six o'clock radio news has been marking how it all began. this bulletin marks the moment 100 years ago that the bbc began broadcasting. back in 1922, the news reader at 6pm was art...

First children's presenters. yes, arthur was also uncle arthur, children's entertainer. it wasn't a large organisation on day one. how many staff at the beginning, in november1922? november 1922, the bbc has a staff of zero. there are no employees... there are no official staff? there are no official staff. arthur burrows does that first broadcast essentially in his spare time. was itjust london in november 1922? no, london was day one, and then day two was birmingham and manchester, and that's where you get musical concerts, children's programmes come in there, the general election results as...

From the old bailey, details of disruption caused by fog in the capital, and the billiards scores. 0ur correspondent david sillito reports. hello. 2l0 calling, 2l0 calling. november the 1ath, 1922, and the beginning of the bbc. 2l0 was the call sign of the bbc station in london. and 100 years on, the six o'clock radio news has been marking how it all began. this bulletin marks the moment 100 years ago that the bbc began broadcasting. back in 1922, the news reader at 6pm was arthur burrows. arthur burrows at this point is the first voice of the bbc. he's almost had the idea of broadcasting a fe...

The general election results as well, all mixed in together. singing and the bbc has only now been discovering just how many of its pioneering programmes came from manchester and birmingham. overto you, birmingham. it's adding details to its online radio times history about satire, concerts. and this is puppy from the children's programme from glasgow. but it began with the news and it was nerve—racking. arthur burrows later wrote he could think of no more exacting a test of physical fitness than the reading of a news bulletin. david sillito, bbc news. hgppy happy birthday to the bbc, althou...

And 100 years on, the six o'clock radio news has been marking how it all began. bell tolls this bulletin marks the moment 100 years ago that the bbc began broadcasting. back in 1922, the newsreader at 6pm was arthur burrows. arthur burrows at this point is the first voice of the bbc. he's almost had the idea of broadcasting a few years earlier as well, and within a month, he'll be director of programmes at the bbc and one of ourfirst children's presenters. yes, arthur was also �*uncle arthur', children's entertainer. it wasn't a large organisation on day one. how many staff at the beginning,...