On Aug 9, 2012, at 6:38 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Most of this stuff went years ago
Not true...there has been a big ongoing online auction and there's an enormous amount of vintage equipment from various eras and ephemera on offer. I'll see if I can find the link. > . And what with Auntie's rolling upgrade process they were probably able to > move departments one at a time into the new space at New Bush House. > > However, the BBC and many other large broadcasters are all moving to > Television City in Manchester. It's a purpose built facility with HD studios > and combined office space. With greater emphasis being placed on contracted > programming (radio and TV) large facilities are no longer necessary. TV City > will pool the resources of all the broadcasters in an effort to cut costs. > > As Granada is now the biggest UK broadcaster owning the most regional > independant stations they were able to persuade their investors that TV City > was the right way to go. It is turning out to be everything they had hoped. > > Perhaps this could be a topic at the Fest next year? > > Mark > > On 06/27/2012 01:23 PM, bernieS wrote: > >> I wonder how BBC liquidated all the old equipment in Bush House >> (shortwave receivers, antennas, multicouplers, recording gear, entire >> studios, etc) that they decided to modernize/upgrade and buy anew in >> lieu of uninstalling and moving it? That woulda be one heluva yard sale! >> >> -Ed > > > -- > > > /\/\ark Phillips > G7LTT/NI2O > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
