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History of the telegram (1982)

Genre

News report

A look at the history of the telegram, following news that British Telecom will be bringing an end to the service. Male reporter not identified (poss. Rodney Bennett).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.20 (1989)

The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. TRACK 1- The Winchester based firm at the center of the next developments in telephone communication network. Interview with...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

ANZCAN communication cable (1984)

Genre

News report; Special; Speech

Dickie Arbiter reports on the inauguration of the ANZCAN communication cable, the world’s longest undersea cable, linking Australia with North America. Includes announcements from the nations connected -...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Legalisation of CB radio (1981)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male technical advisor to the Parliamentary Working party on legalising CB radio (addressed by the interviewer as Richard) talks about the effect of legalisation. Sean Barry-Weske(?), founder of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Arthur C. Clarke on satellite communication (1974)

Genre

Interview

Science fiction novelist Arthur C Clarke on the advance of satellite communication, the ability of satellites to broadcast television, the effects on the energy crisis, the role of science fiction in getting...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

European satellite explodes (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Arthur Smith, Daily Mirror, on explosion of European Space Agency (ESA) satellite on launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

BT profits (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Tony Young, Communication Workers Union, about the lack of a pay rise for workers, despite annual profits at BT.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Michael Heseltine on Toxteth riots (1981)

Genre

Press conference

Excerpt from a press conference by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine about the need for communication to solve the problems in Toxteth, Liverpool after rioting.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Plane crash in Antarctic (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an Air New Zealand spokesman on one of their planes on a sightseeing tour to the volcanic Mount Erebus crashing in the Antarctic. There was little communication anything was amiss, an earlier...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Postal workers dispute ends (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the acting chairman of the UCW (Union of Communication Workers), Derek Walsh, on the end of the postal strike. He says the UCW has come out of the dispute well. The two male interviewers are...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio