The moment when global broadcasting became a reality – BBC World Service

The BBC Empire Service, forerunner of today's BBC World Service, begins regular international shortwave broadcasting from its station at Daventry.
The service was the first of its kind, aiming to unite the far-flung communities of the British Empire and later the world, shaping information, education and culture in dozens of countries. It gradually evolved into today's BBC World Service, one of the largest international broadcasters in the world.

19 December 1932