60 years of radio

Title

60 years of radio

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special; Jingle

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:55:13

Description

The development of sound broadcasting, Guglielmo Marconi, and the wireless and beginnings at Chelmsford, Essex. Betty Hantz, Marconi historian, tells of his life from childhood, his interest in wireless broadcasting and how the idea that he patented became his life’s work. Also on the tests he faced to get his idea to work across the curvature of the Earth, and Ernie Pagett(?), an assistant of Marconi’s, recalls the first transatlantic radio signal to be sent. Original clips of the early radio shows are included. The Marconi company intended only for information to be transmitted, not entertainment- looks at the rise of entertainment broadcasting. Doug Holden(?) of Marconi on work on recent commercial radio. Narrated by Steve Wood, produced by John Wellington, researched and compiled by Dennis Rookard and Dave Gilby. Originally broadcast on Essex Radio.

Contributors

Steve Wood; Dennis Rookard; Dave Gilby; Betty Hantz; John Wellington; Doug Holden(?); Essex Radio; Ernie Pagett(?)

Keywords

Broadcasting; Radio; Allocation of frequencies; Guglielmo Marconi; Chelmsford; Commercial radio; Essex; Radio transmitters; Radio engineering; Radio frequencies

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