AN
There was a chap in the 1990s who was more or less, ' BBC Head of RDS'. BBC Eng Info got so fed up with me ringing them with RDS observations and questions, and having to go off and check with him, that in the end they just gave me his direct landline phone number.
He'd always be happy to talk to me, and was glad to learn of any RDS related 'crimes' by the LR stations.
When I worked at Radio Leeds in the late 90s, there was one listener who got so fed up with the RDS traffic flag being left on that he complained to the Director General. This resulted in a telling-off for the station from on high, and presenters being instructed on no account to leave the TA flag on.
Ha. I promise you, it wasn't me!
Many stations would start the Travel bed, the RDS signal would have gone off, and then they’d spend two minutes promoting the schedule, before handing over to the travel presenter.
Andrew
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There was a chap in the 1990s who was more or less, ' BBC Head of RDS'. BBC Eng Info got so fed up with me ringing them with RDS observations and questions, and having to go off and check with him, that in the end they just gave me his direct landline phone number.
He'd always be happy to talk to me, and was glad to learn of any RDS related 'crimes' by the LR stations.
When I worked at Radio Leeds in the late 90s, there was one listener who got so fed up with the RDS traffic flag being left on that he complained to the Director General. This resulted in a telling-off for the station from on high, and presenters being instructed on no account to leave the TA flag on.
Ha. I promise you, it wasn't me!
Many stations would start the Travel bed, the RDS signal would have gone off, and then they’d spend two minutes promoting the schedule, before handing over to the travel presenter.
IS
A couple of years ago one BBC local station whose patch I regularly drive through had a promo for their rugby coverage that would trigger the RDS travel flag. Happened for weeks, it wasn't just a one-off
MA
Have a look at this IBA video about RDS, it's gloriously 'of its time'.
The fun starts at 01:25
https://youtu.be/JzUcpIwuzpw
The fun starts at 01:25
https://youtu.be/JzUcpIwuzpw
SP
Radio Leeds had a problem at one point where a particular high frequency sound in the travel jingle matched the tone to turn the RDS off, meaning it would switch on and then off straight away. This was solved by re-saving it at 32kHz which meant the jingle sounded rather flat, but it filtered out the offending note. I suspect something similar was going on in the case you mention.
A couple of years ago one BBC local station whose patch I regularly drive through had a promo for their rugby coverage that would trigger the RDS travel flag. Happened for weeks, it wasn't just a one-off
Radio Leeds had a problem at one point where a particular high frequency sound in the travel jingle matched the tone to turn the RDS off, meaning it would switch on and then off straight away. This was solved by re-saving it at 32kHz which meant the jingle sounded rather flat, but it filtered out the offending note. I suspect something similar was going on in the case you mention.
MA
Radio Leeds had a problem at one point where a particular high frequency sound in the travel jingle matched the tone to turn the RDS off, meaning it would switch on and then off straight away. This was solved by re-saving it at 32kHz which meant the jingle sounded rather flat, but it filtered out the offending note. I suspect something similar was going on in the case you mention.
Similar problem at Radio Solent. Presenter Nick Girdler could cause the 19 kHz stereo pilot tone at the transmitter quench by making a certain squeaky noise in the early days of stereo broadcasting (1990 ! for them)
A couple of years ago one BBC local station whose patch I regularly drive through had a promo for their rugby coverage that would trigger the RDS travel flag. Happened for weeks, it wasn't just a one-off
Radio Leeds had a problem at one point where a particular high frequency sound in the travel jingle matched the tone to turn the RDS off, meaning it would switch on and then off straight away. This was solved by re-saving it at 32kHz which meant the jingle sounded rather flat, but it filtered out the offending note. I suspect something similar was going on in the case you mention.
Similar problem at Radio Solent. Presenter Nick Girdler could cause the 19 kHz stereo pilot tone at the transmitter quench by making a certain squeaky noise in the early days of stereo broadcasting (1990 ! for them)
SP
Only on TV Forum could a thread about coats of arms drift naturally into RDS. I love it
IS
Hopefully the new place won't have a radio section where we start talking about RDS and then drift onto Love Island or something....
IS
Here's a take on the BBC Coat of Arms at one BBC building. Nice muriel, I wonder what the other ones are
https://flic.kr/p/hzz1W
https://flic.kr/p/hzz1W
IS
Aha, I'm on my phone!
And no, in honour of Hilda Ogden they're always muriels
Even ITV agree:
Looks like they are labelled if you're on desktop. Including Portugal and Worcestershire. (By the way, it's mural!)
Aha, I'm on my phone!
And no, in honour of Hilda Ogden they're always muriels
Even ITV agree:
Last edited by Inspector Sands on 16 March 2021 10:33am