Friday, March 3, 2023

Huw to Glasgow

"On Tuesday, 7 March, Huw Edwards will present the BBC 6pm and 10pm network news from Pacific Quay as part of the anniversary week celebrations."

Yet another strong journalistic reason for the RTS Network Daily News Programme of the Year to go on the road. 

(The actual anniversary of "The BBC in Scotland" is 6th March; the date in 1923 when the British Broadcasting Company’s Station 5SC first aired from an attic in Rex House 202 Bath Street, Glasgow. Was there a niff of favouritism in the hiring of the station's first staff ? The first director was Herbert Carruthers, a former Royal Marine captain, hired from his job as organist at Park Parish Church; one of his assistants was Kathleen Garscadden, soprano in the church choir, and daughter of electrical appliance distributor George Carscadden, who operated from Rex House. The minister of Park church was the Rev Dr George Reith, father of John.)

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