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the emi system on the other hand could capture a well lit studio perfectly fine, so the winner really wasn t hard to choose. under the lid of the emitron was this, a cathode ray tube which is basically an old tv working in reverse, capturing the pictures instead of showing them. the emitron stayed in use without much change for many, many years. the coronation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast was watched by about 50,000 viewers. we have got two of our cameras high up and the gate ourselves. however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen s funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. now, if you are a fan of radio, i mean, really a fan of radio, then you will know what this is. pips they are called the pips, and when you hear them, you ....
however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen s funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. now, if you are a fan of radio, i mean, really a fan of radio, then you will know what this is. pips. they are called the pips, and when you hear them, you will know it is something o clock. i find them quite soothing. but have you ever wondered why they exist? ships. the pips tell ships what time it is and help them navigate. at the height of the british empire, britain had a lot more ships than anyone else anywhere in the world and their maps all needed to follow a strict format so they could figure out where they were. the centre of all british nautical charts was the greenwich meridian, 0 degrees, and each vessel also kept a fancy clock on board that told the local time at the meridian and h ....
The pips have always been a favourite of mine since 1967 when ijoined the bbc and opened up radio i. archive: good morning everyone, welcome to the exciting new sound of radio i. everybody else finds it a bit weird that i like them but i do. i love them. on my programmes, i used to promote them, particularly as my favourite pip is always the last one because it is slightly extended. the original clock that kept the time still sits in the museum at the royal 0bservatory. in the 60s, though, an atomic clock started doing the job which stayed in use until the i990s, when it transmitted its last pips from the royal 0bservatory. ever since then, the bbc has generated its own pips from its atomic clock buried deep inside broadcasting house which uses gps signals to stay synchronised. so the next time you hear these, you know that they come from this. pips ....
The pips have become legendary, a symbol of bbc radio, and who better to tell us about them than another legend of bbc radio, tony blackburn. archive: welcome along - to the tony blackburn show this morning for this tuesday 9th december. my thanks, as always tojohn dunn for swinging us up until the seven o clock hour. the pips have always been a favourite of mine since 1967 when ijoined the bbc and opened up radio i. archive: good morning everyone, welcome to the exciting new sound of radio i. everybody else finds it a bit weird that i like them but i do. i love them. on my programmes, i used to promote them, particularly as my favourite pip is always the last one because it is slightly extended. the original clock that kept the time still sits in the museum at the royal 0bservatory. in the 60s, though, an atomic clock started doing the job which stayed in use until the i990s, when it transmitted its last pips from the royal 0bservatory. ever since then, the bbc has generated its ow ....