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The first issue (28 September 1923) The Radio Times was first issued on 28 September 1923 [9] for the price of 2d, carrying details of programmes for six BBC wireless stations (2LO, 5IT, 2ZY, 5NO, 5WA and 5SC); newspapers at the time boycotted radio listings fearing that increased listenership might decrease their sales. [10]
Infax was the BBC's programme database, containing 966,244 BBC programmes dating back to 1938; [1] however, this is not every programme ever broadcast. Since 1992, Infax has only been used as a stock control system. [2] Infax catalogued all TV and selected radio until 2008, but was only used to catalogue news up until 1994.
An international English language news network from BBC Global News available worldwide. BBC News Arabic: Arabic news channel available in the Arab World. Operated by BBC World Service. BBC News Persian: Persian news channel available in Europe, Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Operated by BBC World Service. BBC America
BBC News: One 5 July 1954 – present News Channel 1997 Question Time: One 25 September 1979 – present Newsnight: Two 28 January 1980 – present BBC News at Six: One 3 September 1984 – present This Week: News Channel 16 January 2003 – 18 July 2019 Daily Politics: Two, One & News Channel 8 January 2003 – 24 July 2018 BBC News at One: One
The BBC Genome Project is an online searchable database of programme listings initially based upon the contents of the Radio Times from the first issue in 1923 to 2009. [1] Television listings from post-2009 can be accessed via the BBC Programmes site.
On 1 March 1991, the monopoly on listings magazines ended and the market was opened up. [3] Before this, there were two magazines on the market: Radio Times, began in 1923, for BBC listings and TV Times, began in 1955, for ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 and S4C listings.
Radio Times Extra provides users with an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) carrying 14 days of television listings including programme information. You can access the EPG from any Freeview channel by going to your digital remote control and pressing the 'TV Guide' button, when using a Radio Times Extra-compatible Freeview receiver.
1 March – The monopoly on listings magazines ends with the deregulation of TV listings. Before today, Radio Times published only BBC listings and TVTimes ITV only (and from 1982, Channel 4, including S4C in a pull-out supplement Sbec). However, from this day, they can carry listings for all channels.