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News
Microwaves for Heathrow Airport
Passengers flying into Heathrow Airport in fog or poor visibility will be guided in using a new microwave based system.
Corinium Radio
A very good meeting for Corinium Radio on Tuesday night. We all got to have a look at the provisional schedule for our July broadcast so far. My next programme, Music from the Decades, returns for the 5th time.
World’s Cheapest Car
Engineers at Indian car maker Tata have been putting the finnishing touches to the world’s cheapest car. It costs about ยฃ1366, which is about half that of its nearest rival.
Bad Weather for Greece
I have just been reading the Greek news and found that the National Meteorological Service is predicting that this weekend will see strong storms, snow on high ground and gale force winds in the open seas.
Pirate Radio
As many regular blog readers know, I am really keen on the idea of community radio and highly against pirate radio, so the recent report on the BBC website about the pirates’ views was very interesting reading for me.
Changes for BBC Southern Counties
I have just been reading some of the radio industry news on radiotoday.co.uk, and have found it interesting that from March 30th, BBC Southern Counties Radio will be split in to two: creating BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey.
Abuse of 999
Here’s an interesting article that I found on the BBC Radio Cornwall website. Its about how those who abuse 999 are putting lives at risks.
Chaos & Snow
I’m a regular listener to BBC Radio Gloucestershire, and listening to Trevor Fry’s show last night I got the impression that no one really knew what the whether was doing. That’s the trouble with this sort of weather: you either… Continue reading
Recycled Clothes
Recycled clothes… but not in the way it is normally meant. I’ve just read on the BBC website about a fashion show with “garments recycled from old clothes and household waste”.