The NEW Central West and BBC Midlands thread: Suzanne Virdee's sudden departure from BBC Midlands - Page 109

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Westy2 7 September 2005 7:48pm

tvmercia posted:

Westy2 posted:

TVM, is there any footage of CWR on Breakfast knocking about, because I missed it/forgot to set the tape ?

Like how WM is using the TOTH in conjunction with the travel jingle.

embarrassingly i forgot to set the vid too

interesting to note the jostling for position that went on prior to the launch - about who would be THE first voice. somebody who shall remain nameless, for the sake of this post we shall call her "mrs o."

insisted she was the big name and voice of the station. i didn’t listen in the end so i didn’t get to hear who won.

oh and lets not even start on how much it cost them to come up with the name "bbc coventry and warwickshire".

and notice the new complete on-air ban on the words "accross the west midlands and warwickshire" and "bbc wm and bbc coventry and warwickshire" during shared programming. its now "on the bbc". sounds v. odd.

nice to see MT doing most of the show with satnam, peter and shefali from the roof of the bbc horsefair car park this evening.

Hmm.

I tuned in for a look at 10 last night & I heard, via DAB, the generic West Mids news jingle(the one that goes out on Shrops,Stoke & H&W at this time of night)but Daz Hale & Mike Taylor were live on location I noticed so whether that was normal now I don't know, followed by the standard 'BBC WM with Jimmy Franks' & also during the first few minutes, the standard WM phone number jingle.

Are the Mailbox still splitting jingles?

How different are the CWR jingles from WM's? Are they using the same melody or a different one?

I must admit a few years back, I did get a very dodgy signal on 103.7 once, & ISTR one jingle went 'BBC Coventry & Warwickshire - The sound of Coventry !' & this was during a Chris Ashley drivetime from Pebble Mill !

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Moz 10 September 2005 5:27pm

No sound at all just then for the whole of the Midlands Today bulletin on Freeview.

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sda| 13 September 2005 1:50am

Good to see Mike Prince on Central again!

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Matrix 13 September 2005 8:57pm

Moz posted:

No sound at all just then for the whole of the Midlands Today bulletin on Freeview.

I noticed that there was a few problems with Freeview the other night. Channels been taken off air and sound going missing.
Although it has been known that Freeview loses MT completly. Usually ending up with BBC London. Most annoying.

Nice to see the studio used widly again the other night. Robin Punt in the "Newsroom" with a peice on Petrol and then Suzanne over at the giant screen, then Shef from the roof. Although the weather graphics are really starting to annoy me now, namly as North of Shrewsbury apparently doesn't exist....

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g.dyke 13 September 2005 10:19pm

Yeah MT really seem to be having a lot of trouble going into and coming out of the weather in terms of graphics.

Sometimes the location and live astons are taken off, then suddenly re-appear, or are just completely ignored.

Then on other occasions, the blue live dog appears, disappears for the weather map to come in and then appears again - why!?!?

I think they realise it's a shambles - they're definetly experimenting with various graphics combinations - although none seem to have paid off yet.

The other very annoying thing is the contact telephone number and programme time writing that suddenly appears at the end of the weather report by accident.

Mind you, what would MT be without a few graphics cock-ups?

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Westy2 14 September 2005 7:47pm

Isn't anyone commenting on Central's ITV50 stuff ?

V.Interesting!

How long is that exhibition at Brum Musuem going on for, & is it free?

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Pootle5 14 September 2005 8:15pm

Westy2 posted:

Isn't anyone commenting on Central's ITV50 stuff ?

V.Interesting!

How long is that exhibition at Brum Musuem going on for, & is it free?

It's in the main gallery, which is normally free.

I've found the reports on Central News interesting too - good to see Mike Prince again - and he looks just the same!

On another point, I was driving along Pershore Road today and saw the last sorry stump of Pebble Mill

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tvmercia Founding member 14 September 2005 8:18pm

Westy2 posted:

Isn't anyone commenting on Central's ITV50 stuff ?

V.Interesting!

How long is that exhibition at Brum Musuem going on for, & is it free?

i havent got round to getting any caps yet - but wes' reports this week have been fab!

heres the info about the exhibition

http://www.itvregions.com/Central/Regional+Affairs/ITV50+Exhibition.htm

Quote:

http://www.itvregions.com/NR/rdonlyres/45291ED0-DC69-4537-B159-759FC882DABE/1137/JennyMartin2.JPG

'From There to Here - 50 Years of ITV in the Midlands'

From 15th September 2005, ITV Central in association with Birmingham City Council will be staging a special exhibition which commemorates 50 years of commercial broadcasting in the region.

The exhibition, entitled 'From There to Here - 50 years of ITV in the Midlands' will document the region's social history through a mix of archive footage, photographs and artefacts. The exhibits will take the form of viewing areas which will be themed and will cover such areas as Development, Personalities, Communities, Industry, Advertising and, of course, all the major news stories that have been told by ITV over the last half a century.

Visitors will be able to see how the region has changed since the 1950s through material on the regeneration of Birmingham; take a look at the personalities that have made an impact over the years and see a 'back-catalogue' of many old advertisements and promotional films, as well as many more evocative and emotive images.

The exhibition will also include a studio area where members of the public can experience first-hand what it is like to be a Central News presenter, with their images then projected on to one of the large screen in the gallery.

The exhibition will take place at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square and will run until mid-November 2005.

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sda| 15 September 2005 1:56am

Westy2 posted:

Isn't anyone commenting on Central's ITV50 stuff ?

V.Interesting!

How long is that exhibition at Brum Musuem going on for, & is it free?

It's looking brilliant - I'm tempted to get the train down there from skegness especially to see it!

I hope some video captures do appear of this weeks features, as I was relying on the super secret itv news download site, but it seems to have been abandoned.

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Isonstine Founding member 15 September 2005 3:15am

sda| posted:

Westy2 posted:

Isn't anyone commenting on Central's ITV50 stuff ?

V.Interesting!

How long is that exhibition at Brum Musuem going on for, & is it free?

It's looking brilliant - I'm tempted to get the train down there from skegness especially to see it!

I hope some video captures do appear of this weeks features, as I was relying on the super secret itv news download site, but it seems to have been abandoned.

YAY! Now there's an idea - how about a Central West and BBC Midlands outing? Me, Stu, tvmercia and Westy - and we'll all go and do our best Bob Warman impressions at the exhibition.

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tvmercia Founding member 15 September 2005 4:03am

Isonstine posted:

sda| posted:

Westy2 posted:

Isn't anyone commenting on Central's ITV50 stuff ?

V.Interesting!

How long is that exhibition at Brum Musuem going on for, & is it free?

It's looking brilliant - I'm tempted to get the train down there from skegness especially to see it!

I hope some video captures do appear of this weeks features, as I was relying on the super secret itv news download site, but it seems to have been abandoned.

YAY! Now there's an idea - how about a Central West and BBC Midlands outing? Me, Stu, tvmercia and Westy - and we'll all go and do our best Bob Warman impressions at the exhibition.

ill only come if we all dress up as our favourite central celebrity. I'm going as su evans, i fear even with my super su perm stuart's natural hair-do will put me to shame

HC

Hatton Cross 15 September 2005 7:59am

tvmercia posted:

http://www.andrew986.clara.co.uk/central50-24.jpg

Umm - Nice slight of hand by Central on this one.
This still was during the Tommy Boyd CITV pre-recorded links era. Which if memory serves me correctly were one month in a day pre-recorded at Molinaire in London and not Birmingham.

The links were played out from Broad Street to the network though, but it's tenuios connection to say the least.

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