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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 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.
BBC national and regional weather forecasters, current, former and retired. Pages in category "BBC weather forecasters" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
The Union of the Crowns: James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England. 1614: John Napier invents logarithms and publishes a book promoting their use in mathematics. 1618: James VI forces episcopacy on the Church of Scotland through the Five Articles of Perth. 1625: Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned. 1633
17 February – Ahead of the launch of BBC Scotland, BBC Two Scotland closes. 19 February – Virgin Media becomes the first platform to stop broadcasting some BBC channels in standard definition when it removes the standard definition feeds of BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC and CBeebies. [95] 24 February – BBC Scotland launches.
He then moved to Glasgow to present the BBC's Reporting Scotland weather forecasts alongside Judith Ralston, Stav Danaos and Cat Cubie. [2] In 2012, he met and presented alongside Prince Charles, while the prince was on a visit to BBC Pacific Quay. [3] With assistance from Blanchett, the prince presented the weather segment.
Pages in category "British television weather presenters" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
She became BBC Scotland's senior weather forecaster, and gave her final broadcast for Reporting Scotland on 22 December 2009. [2] [3] Reid now works as a science education consultant, and in the public promotion of science. [2] From 1999 to 2001 Reid was Chairperson of the Institute of Physics in Scotland, she has also served as a Council ...