History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume I: The Birth of Broadcasting (History of Broadcasting in the U. K. Vol. I) Reissue Edition

by Asa Briggs (Author)

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This is the first part of a five-volume history of broadcasting in the UK. Together the volumes give an authoritative account of the rise of broadcasting in this country. Though naturally largely concerned with the BBC it does give a general history of broadcasting, not simply an
institutional history of the BBC.

The Birth of Broadcasting covers early amateur experiments in wireless telephony in America and in England, the pioneer days at Writtle in Essex and elsewhere, and the coming of organized broadcasting and its rapid growth during the first four years of the BBC's existence as a private Company
before it became a public Corporation in January 1927. Briggs describes how and why the Company was formed, the scope of its activities and the reasons which led to its conversion from a business enterprise into a national institution.

The issues raised between 1923 and 1927 remain pertinent today. The hard bargaining between the Post Office, private wireless interests, and the emergent British Broadcsting Company is discussed in illuminating details, together with the remarkable opposition with which the Company had to contend
in its early days. Many sections of the opposition, including a powerful section of the press, seemed able to conceive of broadcasting only as competing with their own interests, never as complementing or enlarging them. One of the main themes of this volume is that of the gradual forging of the
instruments of public control, and particular attention is paid to the Crawford Report (1926) from which the Corporation arose. During this period all the characteristics of the Corporation first appeared - particularly its reputation for publc service and impartiality.

Briggs also examines the background of wireless as an invention and considers its impact on society. He has much to say about personalities and programmes as well as policies.

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Asa Briggis is Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor at the Open University.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Reissue edition (May 25, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 436 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192129260
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0192129260
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.13 x 8.75 inches

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The beginning of a comprehensive history of what would become the BBC. Professor Asa Briggs was the first lecturer and historian on broadcasting to make an effort to both catalogue and interpret the history of the medium in Britain. The tone is both scholarly and warm, even occasionally anecdotal. If you wish to be a well grounded scholar on media, start here. It's what will amount to your "ABCs" of the subject.

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