ARLA/CLUSTER: 19 de Dezembro foi o Aniversário da BBC World Service

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Anniversary of BBC World Service

Money Week reports the BBC Empire Service, forerunner of the BBC World
Service, began broadcasting 82 years ago

Dr Matthew Partridge says the BBC Empire Service started broadcasting
on December 19, 1932 and had a budget of just £606 a week in 2014
prices.

The new service scored an early success when King George V delivered
the first royal Christmas Message six days after it launched in 1932.

Read the full story at
http://moneyweek.com/19-december-1932-bbc-world-service-begins/