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Broadcasting service
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Radio broadcasting.
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Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued regulations formally establishing a broadcasting service, and by the end of 1922, there were over 500 licensed stations. Canada soon followed, and began issuing broadcasting station licenses in April 1922. 2MT in Great Britain began regular entertainment broadcasts in 1922, and that year the British Broadcasting Company was formed and given a national broadcasting monopoly. It received a Royal Charter in 1926, making it the first national broadcaster in the world, followed by Czechoslovak Radio and other European broadcasters in 1923.