{"id":13286,"date":"2024-01-21T16:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=13286"},"modified":"2024-01-21T16:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:10:06","slug":"evolution-of-microphones-within-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/evolution-of-microphones-within-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of microphones within the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>  Mike Jordan <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n  A great YouTube video from the BBC Archive.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Just so you know what mic to use!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HtmU_3PIx3M\">1972: EVOLUTION of MICROPHONES at the BBC | Nationwide | Making Of | BBC Archive<\/a><\/h4><p>Veteran BBC radio broadcaster John Snagge &#8211; who first broadcast for the BBC in 1927 &#8211; discusses how microphones evolved throughout his career. Mr Snagge recalls the bulky &#8216;meat safe&#8217; microphones originally used by the BBC &#8211; which were wheeled around on mahogany legs, Reisz microphones &#8211; that needed the occasional kick to unpack their carbon crystals, and moving coil microphones which had to be housed in a hut during outside broadcasts to minimise background noise.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br><br>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<br><br>\n<p class=\"western\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"ianfootersmall\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<br><br>\n<!-- END Footer -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Jordan A great YouTube video from the BBC Archive. Just so you know what mic to use! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/author\/paul-thackray\/","display_name":"Paul Thackray"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 21, 2024","modified":"Updated on January 21, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 21, 2024 4:10 pm","modified":"Updated on January 21, 2024 4:10 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13287,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13286\/revisions\/13287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}