Two unheralded BBC departures: Carolyn Quinn, for some years a regular Today and PM presenter, and lately of the excellent Westminster Hour, is packing it in, at a mere 61. Carolyn (Dartford Grammar annd BA French University of Kent) worked on Charing Cross hospital radio before joining the BBC's Local Radio trainee scheme. In 2011, she was elected Chairman of the Houses of Parliament Press Gallery, the first female holder of the post.
Meanwhile in Washington, Chief Engineer Ted Tait has been made redundant after close to 29 years with the BBC Bureau, and he's not happy about it; he says a visiting manager arrived without warning on Monday to say his role was being 'eliminated'. His first taste of broadcasting was at Syosset High school, which boasted a 10w FM radio station, followed up with a BA in communications from Scranton.
Ted has held that bureau together with string and sealing wax when necessary since the days of David McNeil and Martin Bell. Exactly how you "eliminate" that role is beyond me, and Ted has every right to be aggrieved. He'll be greatly missed.
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