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Broadcasting tower is a new high-rise student accommodation building in Leeds city centre. One of its most interesting features is the COR-TEN cladding, which, upon exposure to weather, develops a rust-like layer, protecting it from any more corrosion.
Most of the people I know are not very fond of how the tower looks, but it's hard to deny that its interesting facade and unusual angular shapes make it a very suitable object for photography :)
Had to get REALLY low for this shot, see the previous photo in the photostream ;)
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Protesters ensuring air time on foreign TV. Downing Street, London, the day after the 2019 General Election.
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From May 1956 until recently, this was the beating heart of regional telly in this part of the North West on the ITV network, but now all that has been transferred to the characterless and frankly unprepossessing Media City on the other side of the Irwell in Salford Quays. This was Quay Street Studios, home to a television station named by founder Leonard Bernstein after his favourite place - the Sierra Granada mountain range in the Andalusia region (pronounced 'Andaloothia') of Spain.
"What Manchester sees today London will see tomorrow" was his proud boast in the year when Britain and France invaded Suez, only for America to tell them to get out of there. Because it wasn't a war they started, they had to get jealous but I digress.
This was also where Richard Madeley (big, BIG fan of Tesco!) met Judy Finnegan who cheerfully told him on his first day at the station back in 1982 that she 'was his mummy' and, let's face it, the years haven't exactly been kind to her!
Of course, I should really have taken a few photos of this in the past when it was an active TV studios but From May 1956 until recently, this was the beating heart of regional telly in this part of the North West on the ITV network, but now all that has been transferred to the characterless and frankly unprepossessing Media City on the other side of the Irwell in Salford Quays a venue shared by the BBC, who also broadcast from the iconic (and should never have been closed) Television Centre. Anyway. this was Quay Street Studios, home to a television station named by founder Leonard Bernstein after his favourite place - the Sierra Granada mountain range in the Andalusia region (pronounced 'Andaloothia') of Spain.
"What Manchester sees today London will see tomorrow" was his proud boast in the year when Britain and France invaded Suez, only for America to tell them to get out of there. Because it wasn't a war they started, they had to get jealous but I digress.
This was also where Richard Madeley (big, BIG fan of Tesco!) met Judy Finnegan who cheerfully told him on his first day at the station back in 1982 that she 'was his mummy' and, let's face it, the years haven't exactly been kind to her!
Of course, I should really have taken a few photos of this in the past when it was an active TV studios but what spurred me into action was Peter Kay's tribute to the station Goodbye Granadaland and that was a week before I took these shots. Why a week you may ask? Well, because I forgot to charge my camera battery the night before I first went (June 16), I had to make do with the camera on an old mobile phone. I only took a few photos with that because I was used to MY camera. Anyway, long story short, as soon as I got home that day, I put the battery on charge and it was ready the following week. When taking this shot of the main entrance (for those driving in) on Quay Street itself, I flirted with death a bit because I wanted to get a decent shot and the only way of doing that is to stand in the road...luckily Quay Street isn't that busy! Not just that, but you can just about make out (through the ivy) where the letters 'Granada TV' would have been. Presumably someone with a fucking great big van has liberated these, either that or they're in some museum.
Oh yeah, you may be wondering how the title came about. Well, years ago when the telly started at half nine in the am, they were the words you would have heard uttered in the dulcet tones of Graham James or whoever was announcer that day.
Showing my age, aren't I? But hey, I don't give a fuck!
Fifty years ago today, to the day and to the time, Monday August 14th, 1967, from 3pm in the afternoon, almost all the Pirate Radio Stations, bar one, closed down, one or two had already gone on that day and all the others had gone by midnight. Radio London, 266m, closed at 3pm on that afternoon and I was sat listening in the 'studio' at 'Radio Caroline West', more on this later, as Paul Kay one of the 'Big L' disc jockeys proclaimed 'Big L time is three o'clock and Radio London is now closing down'. The weather forecast just before this was also delivered by Paul Kaye, '... there will be fresh southerly winds and there is an unsettled outlook for tomorrow'; very prosaic.
'Wonderful' Radio London on Wikipedia-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Radio_London
Radio London Final Hour-
www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/finalhour/final.html
Radio Caroline flouted d the new law which came into force at midnight on this day in 1967 and chose to isolate themselves from the UK which meant the DJ's couldn't come back here and advertising revenue and supplies had to be sought from abroad. American, 'Billy Graham' type religious programmes were a vital mainstay to keep the finances coming in to operate the MV Mi Amigo, Caroline's southern ship anchored off Walton-on-the-Naze/Clacton in the Thames Estuary and Radio Caroline North, the MV Frederica anchored in Ramsey Bay off the Isle of Man. Today, Monday 14th 2017, Manx Radio on 1368kHz medium wave are hosting a 5-day extravaganza along with Radio Caroline which is now aboard the ship MV Ross Revenge and anchored on the River Blackwater in Essex and is back on the air again, see-
www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html
they are playing music from the era and have to say that not all of it is good! According to the schedule, there is a commemorative program starting at 14:00hrs BST - 'Live from the Ross Revenge' and there are other features as well during the 5-day remembrance programming. A a small tribute to 'Caroline', Ronan O'Rahilly's pirate radio ship and after Radio Atlanta, was the 1st fully successful off-shore, i.e. in International waters beyond the 3 mile limit of the UK authorities.
The three sets of mosaic pictures shown here are from my archives from 1966-1968, when I was an avid pirate radio fan and listened to them all, a full list of these is, along with other details, is given in the last, 3rd, set of pictures along with a news clipping regarding why the then postmaster general, Ted Short, under the labour governments telecommunications minister, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, had decided to close the station down. This 1st set of 5 pictures shows the covers from the 3 books which were purchased in August 1967, 'Radio Caroline', by John Venmore Roland, Paul Harris's book, 'When Pirates Ruled the Waves' published in 1968 and Adrian Johns 'Death of a Pirate', published in 2011. All very well written and all give varying accounts of the different facets of the era; the last 'Death of a Pirate', probably the most useful history of it all, well after its 'heyday'. At lower right, own up time. Being a bit of a whizz with electronics, something which has stood me in good stead over the years, particularly in my last job at the Australian National University, a couple of pictures, the only two, of my radio studio at my parent house in Rotherham, in 1966. Those were the days of the 'Practicals' - Wireless and Electronics, and TV followed as well. So, building a low power transmitter and obtained a crystal to operate on medium wave, yikes!, the crude and dated setup was used to broadcast music in about a 1 mile radius of the transmitter; a pole sat atop a flat-roofed bungalow, now, since 2013, sadly demolished and also 50 years since its construction by 'Fred Moncaster, my grandfather the builder and featured here a short time ago, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/31862800414/
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the name was chosen, craftily, so the existing Carline North or South radio 'jingles' could be used which were recorded onto magnetic tape using the Grunding TK20 tape recorder. The 'studio' was equipped with a 'transcription unit' as they were called by professionals, this one was lifted out of a 'Dansette record player' which at this time had become a less useful piece of domestic family equipment! To the left of the Grunding tape machine a home-made 4-channel mixing console with master fader, bass and tone controls. Announcements were made on a cheap Sennheiser microphone supported by an extendable rod clamped to a lab retort stand with 2 large, weighty, circular TV magnets on the stands base to stop it toppling over! Behind the microphone, a valve amplifier for the microphone. Out of shot to the left, beyond the LP cover and a picture of my future wife!, the homemade transmitter built bread-board style with the crystal tuned to around 227m if memory serves correctly. The LP covers on display, of course no CDs or MP3s, were Bernstein's version of '2001 A Space Odyssey' at the back above the tape machine and poking from under it, 'Disraeli Gears' by Cream, behind the microphone, the Incredible String Band's 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' and over on the left, 'On the Threshold of a Dream', by the Moody Blues... not a bad set from 1967! The state of the 'studio furnishings' is clear to see! at lower right, the DJ himself in residence, there were two of us, the other, an old school chum, Mike Taylor who had the 'Saturday morning slot'. Head phones and speaking live from Caroline West, 'Grant Walker', think this IS too much information, the name chosen to again reflect the name of one of Caroline South's DJs, Johnnie Walker, and still going, though now on BBC Radio Two. Here the DJ can be seen cueing up a piece on the tape deck, probably recorded from the BBC afternoon pop programme presented by 'Fluff', Alan Freeman, 'Pick Of The Pops', and the stuff recorded in lively fashion to avoid any over-voicing or 'Fluff' coming in before the end what was usually no more than 2-2.5 minutes of music; John Peel's 'Top Gear' programme, from 3-5pm, the two hour slot just before 'Pick of the Pops', was a completely different matter in terms of the length of the music he played. In front of the woollen jumpered DJ, no central heating or double-glazing in those days, the Grunding microphone is in action as well as the 'studio mike' and in between the two LP covers seen earlier is a copy of Bob Dylan's 'Greatest Hits'... What more can I say... Guilty!
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Sitting at the helm of MTV Europe, this desk deals with satellite uplinks responsible for piping television to screens across the continent. Displayed here are video feeds from the Hotbird and Astra satellite grids, among others. These control suites are the brains of a modern behemoth; awesomely connected steering wheels of the high-technologies which tirelessly keep the worldwide transmitters on-air around the clock.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (2009). Accommodation for Leeds Metropolitan University. Recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building Europe award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
... before I quit talking about Shakespeare in Love, I just have to say more about Judy Dench. For years I watched her on BBC which we get through PBS (public broadcasting), and I wasn't all that impressed.
She played the part of a retired nurse who ran an employment service and married the love of her life from thirty-odd years back, because their letters back then were lost in the mail. It was called Time Goes By or something like that. She played a very nervous, uptight woman who made me feel uncomfortable all the time I watched, however the plot was good and the dialog well written, so I stayed with her.
When I saw her play Queen Elizabeth I for real, I was impressed out of my mind and likewise when I saw her as Queen Victoria. Now, after Shakespeare in Love, I'm in love with Judy Dench. Bravo ! You GO girl.
For the mood of Shakespeare in Love, she does the perfect caricature of Elizabeth One, but it is done with subtlety and I'm still smiling every time I think of some of her biting Elizabethan verbal verbal jibes, "I know who I am ..." after someone addresses her and then pauses. Her eruptions of laughter in the theater are priceless and you'll agree with the Oscar decision for best supporting actress.
This movie rates as excellent therapy.
Wikipedia has everything you would ever want to know about this movie and were afraid to ask ...
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IS THE CORDUROY-CLAD BRAINCHILD OF LONDON-BASED J. WILLGOOSE, ESQ. WHO, ALONG WITH HIS DRUMMING COMPANION, WRIGGLESWORTH, WILL BE TOURING THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE UK IN 2013 ON A QUEST TO INFORM - EDUCATE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY – ENTERTAIN.
While schools are closed in Somalia due to COVID-19, USAID through UNICEF is broadcasting free radio lessons to give children an opportunity to continue learning. Special courses on the show called 'Tisqaad' focus on problem solving, stress management, nutrition and good behavioral practices that help stop the spread of the virus.
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Must be credited. Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
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The hull of the 16-foot Whitehall being built for the BBC is being plugged - the holes in which the screws and fasteners rest filled with a wood plug. Once the plugs are glued in place, they'll be trimmed with a charp chisel, then the hull will be faired smooth. In this picture, the right side of the upside-down hull has been plugged, while the left side remains incomplete.
The square blocks on the planks show where the shutter planks - those which close up the hull - are drying after being steam-bent into place a few moments earlier.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) asked the Boat School to build three traditionally-built Whitehalls as replicas of the boats used by John Wesley Powell and his group of explorers during their first-ever descent of the Colorado River in 1869. The BBC will film a reenactment of the voyage later in 2013.
Students at the School are building one 16-foot Whitehall, the "Scout Boat", and two 21-foot Whitehalls. Though Powell launched four Whitehalls onto the river in 1869, one, the 21-foot "No Name", was lost to the river shortly after the descent began.
The white oak from which the boats are constructed was supplied by Newport Nautical Timbers www.newportnauticaltimbers.com/ . The 16-foot boat will be planked in larch from eastern Washington, which is as close as it is possible to come to the original white pine planking used on that boat.
Whitehalls are the iconic American pulling boat.
They emerged in New York City and, possibly, shortly thereafter in Boston in the 1830's. It is thought the name derives from Whitehall Street in New York City, though no one is sure. By the mid-19th century, they could be found anywhere there was a sizeable body of water - the East Coast, the Great Lakes, and the Pacific Coast at San Francisco all boasted boatbuilders turning out Whitehalls.
The boats were usually used under oars and occasionally sail as fast harbor ferries and the boat used to take harbor pilots out to meet inbound sailing ships. They have a fine reputation as fast, easy-rowing vessels that are capable of carrying a great deal of weight.
Nearly all Whitehalls were carvel-built with white cedar planking on an oak backbone with oak frames. (Carvel planking means that the planks butted up against each other, edge to edge, which results in a smooth hull). The finer boats were highlighted with a bright sheer plank (the top plank) varnished to catch one's eye.
There is surprisingly little known about the boats used by the 1869 Powell Expedition, the first to descend the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. We do know that the Powell Expedition boats were built in Chicago IL to Powell's specifications.
It's known that the EMMA DEAN, or the "Scout Boat" as Powell called it was 16 feet long and planked in white pine, that the other boats (MAID OF THE CANON, KITTY CLYDE's SISTER and NO NAME) were 21 feet long and planked in white oak with twice the number of frames and doubled stems and stern posts. (NO NAME was lost to the river shortly after Powell began the descent, though her crew survived).
There are no complete descriptions of the boats themselves, no pictures, and only a few scattered references made to the boats in the surviving journals and records of the Expedition.
The three boats we are building for the BBC are being constructed to the best information available, using the general scantlings provided by John Gardner's historical work, extent plans, our significant experience in building Whitehalls over our 32 years, and the historical data available to us.
The boats will be completed by mid-July, 2013.
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located in Port Hadlock WA and is an accredited, non-profit vocational school. You can find us on the web at www.nwboatschool.org .
Our mission is to teach and preserve the fine art of wooden boatbuilding and traditional maritime crafts.
We build both commissioned and speculative boats for sale while teaching students boatbuilding the skills they need to work in the marine trades. If you're interested in our building a boat for you, please feel free to give us a call.
You can reach us via e-mail at info@nwboatschool.org or by calling us at 360-385-4948.
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IS THE CORDUROY-CLAD BRAINCHILD OF LONDON-BASED J. WILLGOOSE, ESQ. WHO, ALONG WITH HIS DRUMMING COMPANION, WRIGGLESWORTH, WILL BE TOURING THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE UK IN 2013 ON A QUEST TO INFORM - EDUCATE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY – ENTERTAIN.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IS THE CORDUROY-CLAD BRAINCHILD OF LONDON-BASED J. WILLGOOSE, ESQ. WHO, ALONG WITH HIS DRUMMING COMPANION, WRIGGLESWORTH, WILL BE TOURING THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE UK IN 2013 ON A QUEST TO INFORM - EDUCATE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY – ENTERTAIN.
Nzinga Qunta, Anchor, South African Broadcasting Corp. (SABC), South Africa, speaking in the Future-proofing Health Systems session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 May. Congress Centre - Aspen 1. Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Valeriano de Domenico