Remembrance Sunday - Radio

georgemiller89 · 08-11-2009, 15:43

Did any stations do a two minutes silence on air this morning?

Galaxy South Coast (and therefore, probably the rest of the network) cut live to audio of the London event.

I would imagine Global would have done this across all their stations.

Anywhere else?

Mapperley Ridge · 08-11-2009, 15:57

AFAIK every BBC local station did much the same - some carried local events, others took the London feed.

4-4-2 · 08-11-2009, 16:09

BBC Radio Leicester has a special two-hour show between 10:00am-12:00pm, hosted by Dave Andrews, called Leicestershire Remembers. It was live coverage of local events in Leicester, plus local interviews with ex-servicemen as well as appropriate music.

franchise · 08-11-2009, 16:55

I very much doubt any station didn't do it to be honest!

MrD · 08-11-2009, 17:21

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Originally Posted by franchise

I very much doubt any station didn't do it to be honest!

took the words out of mouth!

its something that will probably never change, particularly with the current wars being fought. That woman on the news who lost her husband this week (not ever seeing his son!), dreadful.

From Kiss to Capital to BBC Radio Lancashire to Magic to Real to Galaxy to Touch to Lochbroom FM - I can't ever see the tradition dwindling any time soon.

overline · 08-11-2009, 17:28

Even Radio Caroline did, followed with 'Peace' by Peter.

TeleviixonMalta · 08-11-2009, 17:31

Its good that every radio station does it, Heart Berkshire fitted it into the news bulletin, and Kiss and Galaxy just joined London for Big Ben.

How many stations do it on Armistice day? I seem to remember Kiss don't and can't remember if 2-TEN FM used to? Do Heart?

James Martin 2 · 08-11-2009, 18:06

We did. First time I've been on air for it though, felt stangely emotional sat in the studio for those two minutes.

Incidentally, Sky News provided a clean feed from the Cenotaph on the old IRN90 channel, including Big Ben and The Last Post, with the guns going off. Very fitting.

I believe it should be done on Armistice Day too though. It's a tradition that should NEVER be forgotten as long as there's life left on this planet.

p_c_u_k · 08-11-2009, 18:38

Radio 1 played a beautiful Adele song after their silence, does anyone know which one it was.

Have to say no-one does it better in my experience? A live Sara Cox handing over to Newsbeat to intro it properly. A lot of commercial stations have far too much background noise, understandably in a bid to make sure the emergency tape doesn't come on, but it gets to the point where it doesn't sound like silence at all.

russellelly · 08-11-2009, 18:48

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Originally Posted by p_c_u_k

Radio 1 played a beautiful Adele song after their silence, does anyone know which one it was.

Have to say no-one does it better in my experience? A live Sara Cox handing over to Newsbeat to intro it properly. A lot of commercial stations have far too much background noise, understandably in a bid to make sure the emergency tape doesn't come on, but it gets to the point where it doesn't sound like silence at all.

"Make You Feel My Love"

http://www.last.fm/user/bbcradio1

franchise · 08-11-2009, 19:50

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Originally Posted by p_c_u_k

A lot of commercial stations have far too much background noise, understandably in a bid to make sure the emergency tape doesn't come on, but it gets to the point where it doesn't sound like silence at all.

Imagine if the emergency tape did kick in....this place would explode. And it's be all Heart's fault.

Steven Oliver · 08-11-2009, 20:06

Radio Borders did a two minutes silence which was followed by a brief news bulletin. Coming out of the silence was "Lest We Forget", by the Les Reed Orchestra.

p_c_u_k · 08-11-2009, 23:30

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Originally Posted by russellelly

"Make You Feel My Love"

http://www.last.fm/user/bbcradio1

Thanks.

JELLIES0 · 09-11-2009, 09:48

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Originally Posted by russellelly

"Make You Feel My Love"

http://www.last.fm/user/bbcradio1

Is that the Dylan song ? ( I couldn't find the song on the link )

RadioGold · 10-11-2009, 17:11

Community station HFM in Market Harborough broadcast live from the towns local rememberence service. A very well prepared/informative LOCAL programme. All the big local commercial players around them simply took the easy option of relaying London events from Sky.

franchise · 10-11-2009, 18:34

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Originally Posted by RadioGold

Community station HFM in Market Harborough broadcast live from the towns local rememberence service. A very well prepared/informative LOCAL programme. All the big local commercial players around them simply took the easy option of relaying London events from Sky.

Maybe HFM's audience would be more suited to such a thing whereas 'the big local commercial players' audience would prefer what they were given. There is nothing wrong with either option, and I hope no-one would try score points over such a matter.

dpb · 10-11-2009, 21:19

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Originally Posted by RadioGold

Community station HFM in Market Harborough broadcast live from the towns local rememberence service. A very well prepared/informative LOCAL programme. All the big local commercial players around them simply took the easy option of relaying London events from Sky.

Quote:

Originally Posted by franchise

Maybe HFM's audience would be more suited to such a thing whereas 'the big local commercial players' audience would prefer what they were given. There is nothing wrong with either option, and I hope no-one would try score points over such a matter.

I agree - such an occasion is not the right time to point score and would suggest a station doing so would be seen in a very negative light especially by its community.

Aggelon · 10-11-2009, 22:01

WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!
I remembered to turn off the Silence detector for 1100

jonjons · 11-11-2009, 11:08

Well radio1 played another fitting song. They played Daniel merriweather-red
i rememebr last year when i walked out Yad vashem, the holocaust museum in Israel we played that.

ALl teh bbc radio stations did it along with all the global radio stations (kisss/magic/hits/smash hits...)

Spot · 11-11-2009, 11:30

Some local commercial stations were broadcasting what sounded like a stylus dropped on an empty turntable - sorry if this image is alien to younger readers, but I can think of no better way to describe it. To call it 'silence' really is misuse of the word.

occy · 11-11-2009, 11:34

I would have thought most radio stations would acknoledge this now. There has been some critisim in the past as some don't take the two minutes silence on 11/11 in the past. Expecially those auto stations.

WestcountryDJ · 11-11-2009, 11:36

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Originally Posted by Spot

Some local commercial stations were broadcasting what sounded like a stylus dropped on an empty turntable - sorry if this image is alien to younger readers, but I can think of no better way to describe it. To call it 'silence' really is misuse of the word.

I suspect that was the audio processor doing it's work on the 'noisy silence' from IRN .

Spot · 11-11-2009, 11:45

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Originally Posted by WestcountryDJ

I suspect that was the audio processor doing it's work on the 'noisy silence' from IRN .

Indeed, but frankly I think it would be much better to switch it and the emergency backup arrangements off for the brief period in question.

peterboroughfm · 11-11-2009, 11:55

To prevent the backup kicking in, all stations were sent a packaged audio silence which although observing the silence it wasn't totally silent so that the sensors would not kick off.

Sky put together a package on one channel as James said, with a normal bulletin on the other channel.

WestcountryDJ · 11-11-2009, 11:59

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Originally Posted by Spot

Indeed, but frankly I think it would be much better to switch it and the emergency backup arrangements off for the brief period in question.

Great in theory, but to be honest in practice this can be a real nightmare.
Half a day's charge plus milage for an engineer to drive to the transmitter site, disabling the back up meda and audio processor etc.
Then enable it all again afterwards.

Not much change from £500, I suspect for 2 minutes?

08-11-2009, 15:43	#1
georgemiller89 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southampton Services: Sky See, Speak & Surf Posts: 366	Remembrance Sunday Did any stations do a two minutes silence on air this morning? Galaxy South Coast (and therefore, probably the rest of the network) cut live to audio of the London event. I would imagine Global would have done this across all their stations. Anywhere else?

10-11-2009, 17:11	#15
RadioGold Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17	Hfm Community station HFM in Market Harborough broadcast live from the towns local rememberence service. A very well prepared/informative LOCAL programme. All the big local commercial players around them simply took the easy option of relaying London events from Sky.

08-11-2009, 15:57	#2
Mapperley Ridge Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,138	AFAIK every BBC local station did much the same - some carried local events, others took the London feed.

08-11-2009, 16:09	#3
4-4-2 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: Freeview; Virgin Broadband; DAB Radio. Posts: 2,278	BBC Radio Leicester has a special two-hour show between 10:00am-12:00pm, hosted by Dave Andrews, called Leicestershire Remembers. It was live coverage of local events in Leicester, plus local interviews with ex-servicemen as well as appropriate music.

08-11-2009, 16:55	#4
franchise Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Yorkshire Services: Sky Digital, Freeview, Setanta, DAB Posts: 267	I very much doubt any station didn't do it to be honest!

08-11-2009, 17:28	#6
overline Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 791	Even Radio Caroline did, followed with 'Peace' by Peter.

08-11-2009, 17:31	#7
TeleviixonMalta Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 47	Its good that every radio station does it, Heart Berkshire fitted it into the news bulletin, and Kiss and Galaxy just joined London for Big Ben. How many stations do it on Armistice day? I seem to remember Kiss don't and can't remember if 2-TEN FM used to? Do Heart?

08-11-2009, 18:06	#8
James Martin 2 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 901	We did. First time I've been on air for it though, felt stangely emotional sat in the studio for those two minutes. Incidentally, Sky News provided a clean feed from the Cenotaph on the old IRN90 channel, including Big Ben and The Last Post, with the guns going off. Very fitting. I believe it should be done on Armistice Day too though. It's a tradition that should NEVER be forgotten as long as there's life left on this planet.

08-11-2009, 18:38	#9
p_c_u_k Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Scotland Services: NTL Digital, NTL: Home dial-up Posts: 5,096	Radio 1 played a beautiful Adele song after their silence, does anyone know which one it was. Have to say no-one does it better in my experience? A live Sara Cox handing over to Newsbeat to intro it properly. A lot of commercial stations have far too much background noise, understandably in a bid to make sure the emergency tape doesn't come on, but it gets to the point where it doesn't sound like silence at all.

08-11-2009, 20:06	#12
Steven Oliver Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Duns, Berwickshire Posts: 758	Radio Borders did a two minutes silence which was followed by a brief news bulletin. Coming out of the silence was "Lest We Forget", by the Les Reed Orchestra.

10-11-2009, 22:01	#18
Aggelon Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 81	WooHoo!!!!!!!!!! I remembered to turn off the Silence detector for 1100

11-11-2009, 11:08	#19
jonjons Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 667	Well radio1 played another fitting song. They played Daniel merriweather-red i rememebr last year when i walked out Yad vashem, the holocaust museum in Israel we played that. ALl teh bbc radio stations did it along with all the global radio stations (kisss/magic/hits/smash hits...)

11-11-2009, 11:30	#20
Spot Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Norwich, Tacolneston tx Services: Namesco Broadband, Freeview, FTA DSat, DAB. Posts: 12,392	Some local commercial stations were broadcasting what sounded like a stylus dropped on an empty turntable - sorry if this image is alien to younger readers, but I can think of no better way to describe it. To call it 'silence' really is misuse of the word.

11-11-2009, 11:34	#21
occy Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sussex Posts: 3,915	I would have thought most radio stations would acknoledge this now. There has been some critisim in the past as some don't take the two minutes silence on 11/11 in the past. Expecially those auto stations.

11-11-2009, 11:55	#24
peterboroughfm Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 36	To prevent the backup kicking in, all stations were sent a packaged audio silence which although observing the silence it wasn't totally silent so that the sensors would not kick off. Sky put together a package on one channel as James said, with a normal bulletin on the other channel.