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BBC marks 100 years facing questions about its future

One hundred years on, the British Broadcasting Corporation is a global media giant. But its centenary comes at a time of drastic budget cuts that have raised questions about its future.

Pedestrians walk past the BBC Headquarters at the Broadcasting House in central London on October 6, 2022. Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

On November 14, 1922, the clipped tones of the BBC's director of programmes, Arthur Burrows, crackled across the airwaves.

"This is 2LO, Marconi House, London calling," he announced, and with that,

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