Методические указания для студентов специальности "Журналистика" (английский язык). Палагина С.С - 23 стр.

example at election time major political parties must be allocated equal time for their
party political broadcasts. Each party complains from time to time that the BBC is
prejudiced against it!
      The BBC operates four national radio services which specialize as follows:
      Radio 1 – rock & pop music; phone-in request programmes with disk-jockeys
selecting records from “Top 40”.
      Radio 2 – music station with some pop music; mainly “light” music, sport and
light entertainment/comedy.
      Radio 3 – recorded classical music during the day; broadcasts of concerts, plays
& serious discussions in evening.
      Radio 4 – mainly spoken word: news programmes, current affairs, reviews,
serials, quizzes, discussions, plays.
      Radio 4 VHF (very high frequency) also broadcasts OPEN UNIVERSITY
courses and STUDY ON 4 programmes offering courses on foreign languages, art,
politics etc.
      There are also special regional programmes for Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Wales (some programmes in Welsh) and more recently a large number of local radio
stations have been set up all over the country, reporting local community service –
e.g. Radio Leeds or Radio WM for Birmingham.
      In addition the BBC World Service broadcasts programmes about Britain
together with news bulletins in 37 different languages as well as in English to all
parts of the world. The headquarters of World Service is in Bush House in London
and over the entrance to the building as over other BBC centres is the BBS text
“NATIONS SHALL SPEAK PEACE UNTO NATIONS”.
      There is no advertising on BBC radio (or TV) stations and the BBC obtains most
of its financial support from the sale of TV licenses. However, you do not need to
buy a license if you only have a radio and no television.
      In recent years, the BBC monopoly on radio has been broken by about 20
independent or commercial radio stations which have opened in many large cities.
They are financed by the advertisements they broadcasts and they provide a variety of
programmes to suit the tastes of their local audiences.
      In London there are 2 commercial stations broadcasting 24 hours per day: The
London Broadcasting Company (LBC) - largely news; Capitol Radio – largely pop
music aimed at a young audience.
      In Birmingham the popular commercial station is BRMB.
      The Leeds area is covered by Radio Aire and 235 Pennine Radio.
      Details of BBC radio can be found in the weekly magazine called Radio Times
(also containing TV programme details) while any daily newspaper gives details of
all TV and radio programmes for that day. The “Listener” is another weekly BBC
publication which critically reviews and comments on radio & TV programmes of the
week.

     8.2.1 Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE

     The BBC began broadcasting in 1922.
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