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It's a far cry from the days of Pete Murray, Douglas Cameron and the 'Fix It Phone in'
Funnily enough it was a much better station then, away from its ridiculously tight restrictive format for it's presenters.
They've gone to a lot of effort with this Westminster setup
It's a far cry from the days of Pete Murray, Douglas Cameron and the 'Fix It Phone in'
Funnily enough it was a much better station then, away from its ridiculously tight restrictive format for it's presenters.
They've gone to a lot of effort with this Westminster setup
It's a far cry from the days of Pete Murray, Douglas Cameron and the 'Fix It Phone in'
Funnily enough it was a much better station then, away from its ridiculously tight restrictive format for it's presenters.
Who was the expert in the 80s, who did the Saturday morning Car Mechanics phone in ?
And who remembers Steve Jones ( not the Steve Jones who does C4 F1) on the weekend breakfast show ?
And Jeremy Beadle's Sunday night show ?
Gerard Sauer?
That was him !
Edit: Here he is on Top Gear (in that show's previous <cough> format
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19P9zzxI878
Steve Jones's weekend breakfast was great - just the right mix of serious and light-hearted.
Yep, couldn't agree more
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As presumably, the nominated disaster recovery/back-up studio for LBC, should 30LSq be incapacitated for any period of time for whatever reason.
Confirmed as being in Millbank Tower
The new @LBC studio in Millbank tower is soooooo swanky! pic.twitter.com/rOmiBWvxyI
— Matthew Lomax (@MrMattLomax) September 7, 2020
As presumably, the nominated disaster recovery/back-up studio for LBC, should 30LSq be incapacitated for any period of time for whatever reason.
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Where would their backup have been before? I know the other Global brands’ backups would have been at one of the regional studios, but LBC is obviously national from London.
Hmm good question
Based on, and continuing how radio stations got through lock-down, I'd be considering a virtualised de-centralised solution for disaster recovery, rather than decamping everybody to an alternative building?
Bristol is the DR backup for Leicester Square.
It's still fully equipped to run the radio networks as it was from the GWR/early GCap days when it was the network hub. It has a lot of studios and office space, formally full of life, now sitting empty solely for this purpose.
As well as serving as a backup network hub via the local sites, it also has the capability to dial in to the transmitters and take over their output if needed, which would be required for the London stations if Leicester Square is evacuated.
It's still fully equipped to run the radio networks as it was from the GWR/early GCap days when it was the network hub. It has a lot of studios and office space, formally full of life, now sitting empty solely for this purpose.
As well as serving as a backup network hub via the local sites, it also has the capability to dial in to the transmitters and take over their output if needed, which would be required for the London stations if Leicester Square is evacuated.
In the Chrysalis days I seem to remember that LBC's DR studio was at TalkSport and vice versa. Certainly one morning both breakfast shows were coming from adjacent studios due to lack of power in one
Certainly happened in 2008 due to a fire at TalkSport
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2008/10/fire-leaves-talksport-off-air/
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2008/10/fire-leaves-talksport-off-air/
Write that down in your copybook now.