{"id":11800,"date":"2024-11-04T08:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11800"},"modified":"2024-11-04T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:28:58","slug":"stoic-on-bbc-radio-london-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/stoic-on-bbc-radio-london-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"STOIC on BBC Radio London: 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2010\/02\/Jan-1975.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1348 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2010\/02\/Jan-1975-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From my personal archive I&#8217;ve dug up yet another piece of college history. Way back in 1974 the then Chairman of STOIC Mark Caldwell (photo right) and myself, were interviewed on BBC Radio London. You may wonder what the connection is between STOIC and BBC Radio London. Well, the very first Chairman of STOIC was Andy Finney who just happened to also be heavily involved in radio. From student TV to local (and also national) radio, Andy had a very full career in many areas of broadcasting. But on this occasion, he remembered his connection with Imperial and getting STOIC off of the ground in 1970 and wanted more people to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>On 4 November 1974 Mark and I went up to the then HQ of BBC Radio London in Hanover Square. Although we did video record the interview it&#8217;s still stuck on one of the Ampex One Inch videotapes that we&#8217;re still hoping will be funded to be transferred into digital. However, I do still have the audio recording as it was broadcast live and that&#8217;s what you can hear today. Andy mentions &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kQ2gLjAU9b0\">TOPIC<\/a>&#8221; which was the very first regular news programme made by STOIC. Its name changed to Lunchbreak and finally to News-Break.<\/p>\n<p>So, going back 50 years, here is Andy Finney speaking with us both, live on BBC Radio London.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsU7Y3izmu8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw 4 November 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From my personal archive here is an audio recording of former STOIC Chairman Mark Caldwell (and also me), being interviewed by Andy Finney on BBC Radio London, way back in November 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3921,18461,80,82],"tags":[212,89,18467],"class_list":["post-11800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-update","category-college-history","category-people","category-student-life","tag-stoic","tag-students","tag-tv-studio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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