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Countdown to lift-off for ill-fated Challenger space shuttle (1986)

Genre

Special

NASA countdown to the lift-off of the Challenger space shuttle on 28/01/86. The spacecraft was to break apart 73 seconds into its flight over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Audio of the Decade [part] - nd [1983-1988]

IRN Audio of the Decade [part]. Track 1- 1985; Track 2- 1986; Track 3- 1987; Track 4- 1988; Track 5- End of feed. For the piece on Hungerford in track 3, see also AV769/557/S1. News of 1985: Manchester...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Europe - The Music special (1987)

'The Final Countdown’ by Europe received its first play in the UK on Independent Radio. The band’s lead singer and songwriter, Joey Tempest, talks about the fantastic reaction they have had to their...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

First Channel 4 broadcast (1982)

Genre

Competition; Jingle; Music; Special

The first minutes of Channel 4 Television. The first voice is announcer Paul Coia. The first programme is Countdown, with presenter Richard Whiteley, Ted Moult, Carol Vorderman, and Cathy Hytner (selecting...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Apollo-Soyuz link-up (1975)

Genre

News report; Special

Live coverage of link-up between Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft. Includes flight commentary, docking countdown, news, and reflection on Soviet-US cooperation.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

First party political broadcasts for Russia (1993)

Genre

News report; Speech; Election coverage

Report on the countdown to the Parliametary elections in Russia and for the first time each of the parties were given an hour of free airtime for a party political broadcast. The broadcasts are described....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Challenger space shuttle disaster - Live commentary (1986)

Genre

Special; Speech

Countdown commentary and final transmission of the Challenger space shuttle crew (poss. Dick Scobee) as the craft takes off, followed by NASA Shuttle Control’s report of an explosion. Flight controller...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

NASA re-launch Columbia space shuttle (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

Report on NASA’s re-launch of the Columbia space shuttle and its secret mission as a spy satellite. Includes John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists confirming the satellite is to assess Soviet...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Columbia shuttle mission (1981)

Genre

News report; Press conference; Special; Speech

Report on the mission of the US space shuttle Columbia as it is completed, with countdown actuality. Astronauts Richard H Truly and Joe Engle make a speech after landing. Director of the Johnson Space Centre...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Countdown to abolition (1986)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Speech; Vox pop

Countdown to Abolition. Documentary by Elena Curti on the abolition of the GLC and the Metropolitan Councils in 1986. Looks at likely economic outcome of abolition, distribution of funds to London boroughs,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio