GET OFF THE LINE!
Technical developments have made radio a very different thing from what it was in its early days. When equipment and experience were still somewhat rudimentary there were frequent incidents that would turn a present-day radio man’s hair grey. Talking of the 8.8.C.’s Silver Jubilee celebrations this autumn, Percy Edgar, one of the 8.8.C.’s pioneers, recalled that in the 8.8.C.’s early days they were often troubled by induction on the Post Office lines that were hired for the purpose of relaying outside broadcasts, and it was not uncommon to hear a telephone conversation going on behind music or a commentary on some sporting event. On one occasion, during the relaying of an. opera, “ Hansel and Oretel,” from a theatre on the South Coast, the opening bars of a lovely aria were broadcast, embellished with a voice in an unmistakably Lancashire accent saying, “Eh! For ’eaven’s sake stop that (!!!) music. Pm trying to get a trunk call through to Leeds.”
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Lake County Mail, Issue 35, 4 February 1948, Page 6
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162GET OFF THE LINE! Lake County Mail, Issue 35, 4 February 1948, Page 6
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