BBC fails to air Shipping Forecast for first time in more than 90 years

Radio 4 suffers technical fault meaning World Service broadcast instead of weather forecast that first went on air in 1924. 

 

It was early-morning chaos and warnings of impending armageddon when BBC Radio 4 failed to broadcast the Shipping Forecast for the first time in more than 90 years.

 

The BBC radio service is something of an institution, metronomically broadcasting four forecasts a day since 1924, a routine which failed for the first time at 5.20am on Friday.

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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/30/bbc-chipping-forecast-fail-broadcast-radio-4