Editing BBC Radio (section)

===First charter===
{{main|BBC Charter}}
[[File:Royal broadcast, Christmas 1934 (Our Generation, 1938).jpg|thumb|right|[[George V]] giving the 1934 [[Royal Christmas Message]] on BBC Radio]]
On 1 January 1927, the [[British Broadcasting Company]] was succeeded in monopoly control of the airwaves by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]], under the terms of a [[royal charter]].

[[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]], who had been the founding managing director of the commercial company, became the first Director-General. He expounded firm principles of centralised, all-encompassing radio broadcasting, stressing programming standards and moral tone. These he set out in his 1924 autobiography, ''Broadcast Over Britain'', influencing modern ideas of [[public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom]]. To this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to "inform, educate and entertain".<ref>{{cite news|title=No need to change BBC's mission to 'inform, educate and entertain'|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/news-parliament-2015/bbc-charter-review-report-published/|agency=UK Parliament|date=31 October 2016|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031154543/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/news-parliament-2015/bbc-charter-review-report-published/|url-status=live}}</ref>