1925- Seven year old Lancelot White speaking into a primitive square radio microphone (elocution demonstration) at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) studios in London. In November 1922 the BBC started its first daily radio service in London – 2LO and soon after Scottish engineer, John Charles Walsham Reith became its General Manager . Under its original name , the British Broadcasting Company was formed on 18 October 1922 by a group of leading wireless enthusiasts and companies including Marconi

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