Re: [Swprograms] Big Ben to fall silent for maintenance

["Sandy Finlayson" <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

I have to admit my listening to WS is at an all time low for the last 30
years, but I don't think Big Ben has been used for a long time on WS.

SF
 
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Mr. Sandy Finlayson
Director of Library Services &
Professor of Theological Bibliography
Westminster Theological Seminary 
Philadelphia, PA
 
 
'Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library'
Sir Winston Churchill

-----Original Message-----
From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:55 PM
To: Shortwave programming discussion
Subject: [Swprograms] Big Ben to fall silent for maintenance

>From the Yahoo UK radio group.  Does Big Ben make any regular
appearances on the World Service anymore?  I honestly haven't heard it
on any WS programming in years.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Terry <miketerry73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Aug 8, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: [uk-radio-listeners] Big Ben to fall silent for maintenance
To: BDXC News <bdxc-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: uk radio listeners <uk-radio-listeners@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


7 August 2007

Eddie Mair, presenter of the PM programme on BBC Radio 4, reports that
from
Saturday 11th August for about a month, Big Ben will fall silent for
maintenance work. He has been soliciting ideas for what should replace
it on
the BBC. So far there are about 200 comments on the PM website, some
funny
and some just silly.

Many people don't seem to realise that the broadcasts of Big Ben on the
BBC
are always live. Many years ago, I remember meeting a shortwave listener
at
a convention in the United States, and he was adamant that the BBC used
a
recording.

(Media Network)
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