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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 8h

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: the winner of Dick & Dom's Forfeit Auction has to take dictation, a vehicle for Ian Kirkby to show off his tremendous Eric Morecambe impression to an audience that for the majority will likely have no idea who Morecambe is.

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow - Forfeit Auction, Dictation Kid

More messy fun from Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow - This is from the Forfeit Auction, a regular fixture of the Sunday show where various messy tasks would be auctioned to the highest bidder. Here, the task is The Dictation Kid - sadly, the winner doesn't seem to take well to being drenched in mushy pe

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 19h

The only possible way you’d get me to watch Celebrity Don’t Get Murdered is if it meant a revival of Honest Obituary.

Which it can’t. Bugger.

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Honest Obituary 4

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Luke Davies @theliveluke.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been 52 Years since Independent Local Radio was introduced in the UK!📻

Next week will be 40 years since Red Dragon came on the air in South Wales and to celebrate, I will be bringing you a special documentary looking back on the 25 Years it dominated South Wales!😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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RadioToday - UK & Ireland @radio.today · 2d

Ofcom rules West Somerset Radio breached its licence after being off air for over a year but says plans to resume are progressing

West Somerset Radio found in breach after year off air

Ofcom rules West Somerset Radio breached its licence after being off air for over a year but says plans to resume are progressing

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 2d

I wish there had been a Father Ted spin-off called Romancing Father Stone.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 3d

🟥 REWIND | Examples of the "hidden" teletext-based "IDENT" service on Channel 4 from 1988, with detailed schedule timings communicated to the ITV regions for commercial break playout.

ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 3d

Now we're cooking! This is the sort of recovery quality I wanted to see from these recordings 😀

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RadioToday - UK & Ireland @radio.today · 3d

Ofcom rules BRMB breached its licence again for failing to focus on Aston’s minority ethnic communities as required by its Key Commitments

BRMB found in breach again over Aston service

Ofcom rules BRMB breached its licence again for failing to focus on Aston’s minority ethnic communities as required by its Key Commitments

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Matt Rosser @matt.cymru · 3d

Crimewatch Live from Central Square. Don’t have daymares.

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 3d

In other news, Russell Martin *finally* gone.

He wasn’t even that good at Swansea!

Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday night gone 10pm and only now am I starting to feel irrational.

Sober irrational, of course.

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The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 3d

An excellent night on BBC Four tonight, with several examples of early BBC programming for the South Asian community: www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p0...

BBC Four - Schedules

This is the daily broadcast schedule for BBC Four

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 3d

Since it was piloted at the last election, I think.

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Simon Proctor 🇺🇦 @simonproctor.bsky.social · 4d

Came across this - Terry loved a Regional Bounce!

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Radio Merch @radiomerch.co.uk · 4d

Anniversary salutations today to Red Rose Radio, launched on this day 43 years ago in 1982.

Presenters in the early years included Dave Lincoln, Derek Webster, John Gillmore, Sally Moon and phone-in legend, Allan Beswick.

More merch from Red Rose Radio, Gold and Rock FM all at www.radiomerch.co.uk

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Matt Deegan @mattdeegan.com · 4d

Always fun to be out and about for the podcast. Always amazed how great the iPhone camera looks too!

The Media Club @themediaclub.com · 4d

This week on The Media Club we're backstage at the British Podcast Awards chatting to the winners and finding out about the changes at Audio Always and the launch of female podcast collective Hera.

Backstage at the British Podcast Awards

Matt Deegan, Ollie Peart and the BPA Winners

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 4d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Ofcom decision regarding STV News could set precedent for other ITV regions.
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Ofcom decision regarding STV News could set precedent for other ITV regions - Clean Feed

Ofcom's decision on STV's proposal to stop providing a distinct news service for the north of Scotland could set a precedent.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 4d

Enjoyed this absolutely filthy joke from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

"Mary Moves Out", TX: 20th September 1975.

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 3d

Always felt that 1998 was - at least on-screen - the start of the gradual move from regional to network branding.

Yes, I know you said it ‘ended’ when they dropped the frontcaps 10 years earlier but…

TV Live @tvlive.site · 4d

LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1998:

ITV is to position itself as 'TV from the Heart' with the launch a heart-shaped on-screen ident to sit alongside its new channel logo, writes Nicola Methven.

Aiming for the ‘heart of Britain’

ITV is to position itself as 'TV from the Heart' with the launch of a heart-shaped on-screen ident to sit alongside its new channel logo, writes Nicola Methven.

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 4d

I think Brian might be actually be in the main studio set following the (live?) Close Up North.

Note the camera slowly panning downwards.

By the sounds of it, he’s back at the self-op desk just after the national summary.

Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 4d

A slice of BBC1 North from this day in October 1979.

In the Look North headlines, the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper leads to a special appeal during the ITV strike.

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05 10 1979 BBC1 North Close Up North Late Look North National News Headlines

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Matt Rosser @matt.cymru · 4d

On this day in 1997 the BBC One balloon idents launched. I remember being wowed by them at a pre-launch screening and then loved talking over them on the telly. Some years later this happened, but I can’t remember why.

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 4d

Arne Slot under pressure it is, then.

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 4d

Close your eyes and that Central intro almost sounds like a recent ITV1 link (what with the fanfare in the background)

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 5d

A mug with the words GAS MAN written on the side

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 4d

David Hughes now officially has a worse managerial record at Newport County than Terry Butcher.

Though I sympathise with fans who point the finger squarely at Huw Jenkins.