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The History of News

What was the first national newspaper in this country?
The Times was published in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register, and late changed to The Times in 1778

When was the first news broadcast?
  • Radio broadcasting was experimented in 1906, however the first News broadcasting radio station was KFAX in San Francisco in 1959, firstly being dedicated to music, news and sports, however then changing to the first all-news radio station. In the UK was London News Radio began in 1993, whilst Radio 5 Live began in 1994.
  • The first television news broadcast in the UK was BBC World News in 1991 and globally CNN was broadcast first in 1980

What was the first news company to have a website?
BBC News launched its website in November of 1997, becoming the first online news site in the UK

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