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The forecast was broadcast on the BBC National Programme until September 1939, and then after the Second World War on the BBC Light Programme (later BBC Radio 2) until November 1978. When BBC Radio 4 took over the longwave frequency from Radio 2 on 23 November 1978, the Shipping Forecast was moved to Radio 4 to keep it broadcasting on longwave.
Reports from these coastal stations and automatic weather logging stations in the British Isles are included in the extended Shipping Forecasts on BBC Radio 4 at 0048 and 0520 local time each day. Map of sea areas and coastal weather stations referred to in the Shipping Forecast.
The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps, brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. The map filled the ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operates from numerous properties across the United Kingdom and has historically occupied several others. Broadcasting House in London serves as the corporation's headquarters, with numerous other divisions also based in London and various locations throughout the UK.
The nearest official Met Office weather station for which online records are available is at Campbeltown Airport/RAF Machrihanish, about 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the town centre. The lowest temperature to be reported in recent years was −12.9 °C (8.8 °F) during December 2010.
In 2006, Stav applied to join the BBC Weather Centre as a presenter. He joined the team and began presenting forecasts in February 2007. He began presenting weather for regional BBC news programmes such as Reporting Scotland. He has also done presenting work in Newcastle, Northern Ireland and Birmingham. Danaos joined the BBC's national news ...
The village is situated where the A9 road and the Far North Line bridge the River Brora.The village is served by a railway station.Buses operate from Brora by the Stagecoach Highlands X99 service which runs 3 times a day each way during the week, twice a day each way on a Saturday and once a day each way on a Sunday.
Newton Stewart (Gd: Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach) is a former burgh town in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.The town is on the River Cree with most of the town to the west of the river, and is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to the Galloway Hills".