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Bauer rebranding 53 stations to The Hits/Greatest Hits

Sigh. Ever since we lost Plymouth Sound to Heart, Radio Plymouth has filled a slot which a lot of Plymouthians regard. It's done a good job in the last 10 years and when the pandemic hit it kept us going in work.

Now we're going to lose again.

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Speaking to my dad who was a Transmission controller for Westward/TSW working for GPO/BT, those sounds came from switch in the control room at Plymouth C telephone exchange.

Depending on the year some bits would have being coming down overnight from other ITV regions hence the white noise.

ATV used to send Crossroads down on a Sunday Morning weeks in advance for example.