LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Network

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Discussion; Special; Jingle

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:51:56

Description

60 Years of Radio, originally broadcast by Essex Radio who have set up a radio station in the birthplace of radio, Chelmsford. Betty Hantz, Marconi historian, tells of Marconi’s life from his childhood, interests in wireless broadcasting, and how the idea he patented became his life’s work. Also on the tests he faced to get his idea to work across the curvature of the Earth, and Ernie Pagett(?), an assistant of Marconi’s, recalls the first transatlantic radio signal to be sent. Original clips of the early radio shows are included. The Marconi company intended only for information to be transmitted, not entertainment- the programme dicusses the rise of entertainment broadcasting. Also Doug Holden(?) of Marconi on work on commercial radio stations. Narrated by Steve Wood, produced by John Wellington, researched and compiled by Dave Gilby and Dennis Rookard.

Contributors

Steve Wood; Dennis Rookard; Dave Gilby; Betty Hantz; John Wellington; Doug Holden(?); Essex Radio; Ernie Pagett(?)

Keywords

Broadcasting; Radio; Allocation of frequencies; Guglielmo Marconi; Chelmsford; Essex Radio; Radio transmitters; Radio engineering; Radio frequencies; Coomercial radio

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