The centenary is being marked with a special series of programmes on BBC Radio Ulster.
On 15 September 1924, a Belfast based station known as 2BE became the ninth station of the fledgling British Broadcasting Company.They include a recording of a concert held at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast to mark the 100th anniversary.
The first floor of a converted linen warehouse at 31 Linen Hall Street in Belfast became home to the BBC’s operations in the city.He was soon joined by a small group of colleagues, many of them musicians. Its schedule was intended to complement the programmes that were available from other BBC stations – reflecting local talent and diversity, while remaining sensitive to the particular circumstances that the BBC faced in Northern Ireland.The first Belfast transmitter was located in the east of the city on East Bridge Street, opposite what is now Lanyon Place train station.
The first half of the centenary of the BBC in Northern Ireland was dominated by radio, then television came to the fore.“Initially the sheer joy of having this strange thing called the wireless, that music came out of, carried people along," she said.
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