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John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (born 1889)

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John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

British broadcasting executive and politician (1889–1971)

John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922, he was employed by the BBC, then the British Broadcasting Company Ltd., as its general…
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BBC

British public service broadcaster

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's…
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