From hidden technology to exhibition showpiece : the journey of 2LO, the BBC's first radio transmitter, 1922-2012

On the 14th of November 1922, those with radios in the south of England tuned into the first broadcast of the newly formed British Broadcasting Company (BBC). Hidden away from public view in Marconi House, on The Strand in London, was the technology that converted the sound waves of the studio into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Alison
Other Authors: Dodds, Klaus : Gilbert, David
Published: Royal Holloway, University of London 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.588303