10 Facts About Radio Broadcasters

1. On 2 November, 1936, the BBC started the world's first television service based in Alexandra Palace, London.

2. The BBC introduced the world's first "high-definition" 405-line television service in 1936.

3. In January 2007, the BBC released minutes of the board meeting which led to Greg Dyke's resignation.

4. Thus, the BBC is a major prosecuting authority in England and Wales and an investigating authority in the UK as a whole.

5. The BBC established its second channel in 1964, and it introduced the first regular colour television service in Europe in 1967.

6. The BBC moved much of its radio operations out of London, initially to Bristol, and then to Bedford.

7. The BBC carries out surveillance on properties (under the auspices of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) and may conduct searches of a property using a search warrant.

8. On television, Janice Long was a regular presenter of the BBC 1 chart show Top of the Pops between January 1983 and August 1988, often in partnership with John Peel after the departure of David Jensen with whom she struck up a solid friendship.

9. In 1995, Janice Long moved back up to Liverpool, where she set up her own radio station Crash FM.

10. The BBC was left to carry on in its own way; as a result, it started to gain a reputation for impartial and independent reporting.