GOTA2C: TV
BBC TV Look East
Steve, G3EVA and Jim, G3YLA were on BBC TV’s Look East on Friday 16 January in a short piece talking about ‘Lockdown hobbies’. The segment starts at about 22mins
RSGB GM interviewed in TX Factor Episode 27
TX Factor Episode 27 has just been released – the only professionally-produced TV show dedicated to amateur radio. In an interview filmed in September, the RSGB’s General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB explains how the Society’s positive response to the lockdown helped to boost awareness and growth of amateur radio in the UK. He also stresses […]
BBC TV Points West
Today BBC Points West ran a short feature at lunchtime and a longer piece in the evening news about 10-year-old Caitlin, M6XTT who passed her Foundation Licence exam via remote invigilation recently after being tutored by her grandfather Don, G3XTT during the lockdown. Caitlin’s Mum, Jane, also talked about the family tradition of being amateur […]
ITV Wales “Wonders of the Coast Path”
The ITV Wales programme “Wonders of the Coast Path” with Sean Fletcher on Monday 1 June at 8:30pm features Barry Amateur Radio Society re-enacting Marconi making his first CW transmission across the Bristol Channel. The programme was filmed before lockdown began. It will be broadcast nationally later in year but you can watch it […]
Midlands Today TV news
The RSGB and amateur radio were featured in a short piece on Midlands Today local TV news Amateur radio is connecting people during lockdown. On last night's programme, @bbcradio4 presenter @JimLeeRadio1 spoke to @maryrhodestv about his passion for the airwaves ??https://t.co/lZXYGTswrj pic.twitter.com/3I8IbyC9fY — BBC Midlands Today (@bbcmtd) May 6, 2020
