Subscription no....free and they make money through advertisements or paid through tax then yes. We do need some form of national communications. Maybe BBC news should remain as is regardless but minus the fee. Paid for through tax. What happens whenever there a national emergency and government need some form of official channel to communicate to the public. Then again if I had my way I would completely abolish any government rule over the people. Maybe removing the BBC is the start of that but then if the gov remain who is going to pay the higher costs to other channels so they can put out political broadcasts. This will cost the tax payer lots more and will only feed the big corporations who are no better than government rule.\
How did they do it before the days of radio. OldBoy you must be able to remember. Was it just newspapers back then. And what about the days before newspapers. The internet is no good because the whole Internet could be brought down in a cyberattack very easily. Do we revert back to dropping propaganda on leaflets out the back of aeroplanes.