Sir John Reith

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Sir John Reith

1889-1971 GB, Stonehaven

A.k.a. John Charles Walsham Reith

Sir John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (born 20 July 1889, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland – died 16 June 1971, Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922 he was employed by the BBC (British Broadcasting Company Ltd.) as its general manager; in 1923 he became its managing director and in 1927 he was employed as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation created under a Royal Charter.

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