https://abcatlarge.co.uk/vtr-preserving-the-programme/ ABC, your weekend TV in the North and Midlands 1956-1968 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://abcatlarge.co.uk/vtr-preserving-the-programme/#comment-116 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:34:36 +0000 http://abcatlarge.co.uk/?p=566#comment-116 An interesting page. I was a VTR technician at Teddington studios (Iris Productions) when the first TR22 vtr machines arrived and was present when we put the first on into use – recording an important jazz festival from Manchester Free Trades Hall. From Teddington, I moved to ITN when they first fitted VTR.

]]> https://abcatlarge.co.uk/vtr-preserving-the-programme/#comment-21 Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:01:20 +0000 http://abcatlarge.co.uk/?p=566#comment-21 Having recently watched some Thames vt clocks, its clear that ABC took the originals with them to Teddington…are VT Clocks the longest lasting pieces of television equipment – it’s clear that some of them survived from 1956 through to the early 80s!

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