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Publicly funded English language broadcasters

  • PBSOn the 3rd of November 1969, four men gathered in Washington to create a new national network for public television. Hartford N.
  • Voice of AmericaOn the 1st of February 1942, a broadcast began from the San Francisco office of the Foreign Information Service. It was transmitted via General Electric's…
  • TVNZTelevision New Zealand emerged in February 1980 from the union of two government-owned networks. Television One and South Pacific Television merged under a…
  • Al Jazeera EnglishThe 15th of November 2006 marked the moment Al Jazeera English began broadcasting to a global audience. This date initiated the first twenty-four-hour news…
  • Special Broadcasting ServiceOn the 9th of June 1975, two experimental radio stations began broadcasting in Sydney and Melbourne. These stations carried the call signs 2EA and 3EA…
  • Australian Broadcasting CorporationOn the 1st of July 1932, the Australian Broadcasting Commission officially came into existence through an Act of Federal Parliament.
  • Deutsche WelleThe first shortwave broadcast of Deutsche Welle took place on the 3rd of May 1953. An address by West German President Theodor Heuss marked the beginning of…
  • BBCOn the 18th of October 1922, the British Broadcasting Company Ltd formed a joint venture among wireless receiver manufacturers to secure a single…
  • Canadian Broadcasting CorporationOn the 2nd of November 1936, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation officially opened its doors as a Crown corporation. This date marked the culmination of…