Last update:
  29-Aug-2006
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  Mike Todd

The BBC at War
(pages still under development)

When war was declared in September, 1939, the BBC was only seventeen years old. Yet it had already developed into a mature broadcasting organisation. As well as its National radio service, there were six regional services, plus the Empire and Overseas services. Its staff numbers had risen to nearly 5,000 and it operated 16 domestic transmitters on 11 different frequencies.

However it had never been through a war, and its relationship with the government of the day in war-time was untested.

The intention of this section is to examine the BBC's preparations for war, and some of the facilities that they put in place around the country.

However, I have relatively little time at the moment (July/August 2006) as I prepare to move house later in the year. So, for the time being I have the story of the Broadcasting House Stronghold (an interesting story in itself, but also not completed).