History
Foundation
All Perspectives Ltd was founded as the holding company of GB News in September 2019, and was granted a licence to broadcast byBroadcasting
GB News commenced broadcasting at 20:00 BST on 13 June 2021. Neil launched the channel by saying "We are proud to be British – the clue is in the name", and after the opening night was said to be "jubilant" that his programme had "out-rated Sky News and BBC News Channel combined".Transmission
Television
Radio
Following the launch of its television channel, in July 2021, GB News announced its intention to launch a national 24-hour radio station, GB News Radio, on theProgramming
Neil stated in January 2021 that the channel would be "a fresh approach to news in Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland". The channel plans to air 6,500 hours of "original news, opinion and debate" per year and it has hired 120 journalists. Neil has said that the channel would not provideReception
The channel launched to a mixed reception. Judith Woods, writing for ''The Telegraph'' two days after the channel's launch, described it as "unutterably awful; boring, repetitive and cheapskate", rating it one out of five stars. Chris Bennion of ''The Telegraph'' rated it four out of five stars, writing, "On launch night, the GB News message came through loud and clear – despite glitches." Jemima Kelly wrote for the ''Advertiser response
In February 2021, four months before the station began broadcasting, the pressure group Stop Funding Hate called for advertisers to boycott the station, based on what they thought it would represent. In June 2021, following the station's launch, several brands includingRatings and public response
336,000 viewers tuned in to see the launch of GB News. The launch soon became the subject of ridicule due to the perceived poor production quality of the channel and frequent technical issues. The channel also became subject to a number of pranks, including prank calls andOfcom investigations
On 7 November 2022, Ofcom announced its first finding against GB News, concluding that the channel breached its radio license in an episode of ''To The Point'' on 2 March 2022. Covering the Erdington by-election, GB News displayed a graphic listing all candidates as required by Rules 6.8 to 6.12 of the Code. However, the presenters did not finish reading out the whole list aloud, instead advising listeners on its radio simulcast that it was available on social media. All candidates’ names were therefore not read out in full for the channel’s audio simulcast as required by rule 6.10. Ofcom issued no sanction against the channel. Within the channel's first yearOn-air staff
*Former on air staff
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