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The British Broadcasting Company broadcast its first radio bulletin from station 2LO on the 14th of November 1922. Newspaper publishers persuaded the government to ban the BBC from broadcasting news before 7 pm that same year.
Richard Baker presented the first televised bulletin on the 5th of July 1954. His narration played off-screen while still images appeared on the screen before the customary Television Newsreel commentary by John Snagge.
Up to 27 million people viewed the coronation programme which overtook radio's audience of 12 million for the first time. That year there were around two million TV Licences held in the UK rising to over three million the following year.
India now holds the largest number of people using BBC services in the entire world. As of 2024 the BBC reaches an average of 450 million people per week with the World Service accounting for 320 million.
Moira Stuart made history as the first African Caribbean female newsreader to appear on British television on the 27th of August 1981. Angela Rippon became the first female news presenter of the Nine O'Clock News in 1975 before appearing on The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show in 1976.