Its World Service was first heard in 1932 as the Empire Service
[DOC] [TLE] From Shortwave to New Wave - latimes [PAR] May 22, 2001 ... From 1932 until long after the sun set on the British empire, the BBC ... on 1930s 
technology by moving its World Service to the Internet in ... the Empire Service, it 
was the first live voice many listeners heard from a distant land.