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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Here's a BBC studio clock

The distinctive thing about these clocks is the red second hand, I guess not unusual to see such a thing anywhere else today.

I was re-reading part of the autobiography of Henry Hall (director of the BBC Dance Orchestra 1932-1937) and he says in early 1934 they moved to a new Maida Vale studio for his evening broadcasts, the studio was specifically designed for broadcasting dance orchestras and at Henry's request a clock with a red second hand was installed to help ensure their split-second timing during the broadcast. Since then, apparently, ALL new BBC studios have had such a clock installed!
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ColinB · Guest

They do - and they're all synchronised to a timing pulse from the atomic clock at Greenwich. When you think about it, all the clocks in the BBC's network have to be perfectly synched to facilitate accurate switching, etc.

SantaFefan · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:18 pm Post subject:

so which are right.. the FM pips or the DAB pips?? Laughing

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SantaFefan · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:41 am Post subject:

It's a good job we didn't have a "Digiltal" speaking clock to telephone..
"At the third, or sixteenth stroke, it will be Eleven O'clock - precisely!" Laughing

Come to think of it... did the speaking clock lady say " Eleven O'clock precisely" or "Eleven O'clock AM pecisely"?? I think it was without the AM/PM bit... even time was simple in the old days...
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ColinB · Guest

No, it was "The time is now precisely 11 o'clock....... more or less".

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