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BBC Radio Leicester Sound Archive CollectionPhysical Detail Number of items in the collection: Total approx 2,500.
Venue where material can be listened to: Record Office Media available on: awaiting transfer Collection HistoryThe BBC Radio Leicester Sound Archive comprises over 2,000 spoken word
programme recordings broadcasts from the station's inception in 1967 until
the digitisation of the station in 2001. This collection of analogue,
local radio broadcast material provides original examples of the history
of BBC Radio Leicester, the first of the local network stations to hit
the airwaves. The BBC deposited the archive with EMOHA in 2001 and it
is hoped that the material can be accessioned and catalogued into the
Archive. At the beginning of 2010 a number of programmes relating to the 1970s have been digitised. These cover subjects such as town planning, conservation, industry, and immigration. Note that the collection is not on the EMOHA catalogue.
What the Collection ContainsThe BBC Radio Leicester broadcasts in this collection contain numerous
recordings made for education, particularly by the producer Paul Cobley
in the 1970s. Many of the education programmes look at various aspects
of Leicester and Leicestershire history. Mainstream programmes such as
"Crosstalk", "Talking Point", the gardening programme
"Down to Earth", "Countywide", "On Reflection",
Leicestershire and Rutland Women's Institute "Wiz Quiz" and
"Coffee Break" are held in the archive providing examples of
such broadcasts and covering a range of subject matter and interests.
Interviews with a range of celebrities, local note-worthies, politicians
and sports stars can be found in the archive, along with outside broadcasts
from prominent events over thirty years of programme recording. The multi-faith
and multicultural nature of Leicester is captured in broadcast recording
examples of celebrations and religious services of different faiths and
recordings in Asian languages. The collection contains broadcasts of a
number of royal visits to the City and County and Leicester links with
other locations, such as local servicemen serving abroad. Examples of
signature tunes and station jingles can be found in the collections too.
This archive collection offers much general interest material and for
the radio and media student contains invaluable primary research material.
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