BBC One until the first Independent Television station began to broadcast on 22 September 1955, when ITV started broadcasting. The competition quickly forced the channel to change its identity and priorities following a large reduction in its audience. The 1962 Pilkington Report on the future of broadcasting noticed this, and that ITV lacked any serious programming. It therefore decided that Britain's third television station should be awarded to the BBC. The station, renamed BBC TV in 1960, became BBC1 when BBC2 was launched on 20 April 1964 transmitting an incompatible 625-line image on UHF. The only way to receive all channels was
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis took over presenting the ceremony in 2013. In 2004 the awards were shown on television for the first time, on BBC Four. The event usually streams live in audio and video on the BBC Radio 2 website, the BBC iPlayer and/or the BBC Red Button TV service. The Young Folk Awards were added to the event in 2011, having previously been awarded in a separate ceremony. In 2016, Rhiannon Giddens became the first American (and first non-British) winner of the 'Folk Singer of the Year' award. The nominees in most categories are chosen by a