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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk Special The Network That Never Was The birth of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in Norfolk

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ opened up its first ever East Anglian headquarters in Norwich in 1956.

  • St Catherine's Close on All Saints Green was the home of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ radio in Norwich from 1956 until 1980
  • The radio studio backed onto the garden - it's the ground floor window closest to the greenhouse here
  • The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Written Archives Centre holds the original plans for converting the Georgian house into a studio
  • A closer view of the radio studio and control room
  • The 1950s plans for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s original radio studio in Norwich at St Catherine's Close
  • St Catherine's Close after the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ had taken it over
  • The plaque identifying the British Broadcasting Corporation can be seen here
  • Just inside the front door in 1959
  • The radio control room, with the studio visible through the glass
  • A producer operates the panel for presenter David Bryson
  • David Bryson in the studio in 1959
  • The radio control room at St Catherine's Close
  • The control panel, also an unknown date in the late 50s or early 60s
  • The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ left St Catherine's Close in 2003, when TV and radio moved back in together under one roof at The Forum in Norwich
  • Paul Hayes in the room which once housed the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s original radio studio in Norwich
  • It was the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Engineer-in-Charge in Norfolk, Eric Hammond, who suggested St Catherine's Close as a radio HQ in 1954
  • The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ did also consider some other properties in Norwich
  • The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ prepared very detailed specifications for the conversion of the building
  • The St Catherine's Close file at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Written Archives Centre contains all sorts of detail
  • In November 1954, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ officially announced they were setting up an East Anglian office
  • The very first programme of the East Anglian VHF service from Norwich was broadcast in February 1957
  • An example of the output from Norwich in the 1950s
  • One great success of the East Anglian output came in 1959
  • This "Programme as Broadcast" document shows what was in the build-up to the sixth round replay
  • The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Written Archives Centre contains many thousands of files on all aspects of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s existence
  • A provisional schedule for the "Radio Norwich" pilot of June 1961

This gallery is from

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk Special—The Network That Never Was

    The story of the birth of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in Norfolk in the 1950s, and 1961's "Radio Norwich".

    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk

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  • The early years of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in Norfolk—ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 100 - Auntie in Norfolk

  • Nexus down the decades—Nexus: Norfolk's Forgotten TV Station

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk - the 2010s—The Story of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk - Part Three - "Your Part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½"

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk - the 2000s—The Story of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk - Part Two - "The Talk of the County"

See all galleries from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk Special (13)

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