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BBC Home Service

British radio broadcasting service from 1939 to 1967
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BBC Home Service

Summary

BBC Home Service is a radio station[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC Home Service is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BBC Home Service's instance of is recorded as radio station[4].
  • BBC Home Service's headquarters location is recorded as Broadcasting House[5].
  • +1939-09-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC Home Service[6].
  • BBC Home Service was dissolved in +1967-09-29T00:00:00Z[7].
  • BBC Home Service's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r9l6[8].
  • BBC Home Service's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC Home Service[9].
  • BBC Home Service's replaced by is recorded as BBC Radio 4[10].

Body

Founding

+1939-09-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC Home Service[6].

Operations

BBC Home Service's headquarters location is recorded as Broadcasting House[5].

Dissolution

BBC Home Service was dissolved in +1967-09-29T00:00:00Z[7].

Why It Matters

BBC Home Service ranks in the top 1% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month).[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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