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- noun UK A time signal transmitted on
radio by theBBC everyhour and consisting of five shortbeeps followed by a longer one, with the longer one coinciding with the start of the hour.
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Thursday - 5th February 1924: The Greenwich Time Signal pips are broadcast on BBC Radio for the first time.
Londonist 2009
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What will happen to the Greenwich Time Signal when analogue radio is switched off?
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