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BBC: 100th anniversary of the Greenwich Time Signal - the 'pips'
From: Paul Saffo
Date: 2024 Feb 15, 11:22 -0800
From: Paul Saffo
Date: 2024 Feb 15, 11:22 -0800
Greenwich Time Signal - the 'pips'
5 February 1924
It’s been heard on the hour on BBC radio since 1924, six short electronically generated 'pips' to indicate the precise time of the day, and it's still going strong 100 years on.
Invented by the Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson, and the Director General of the BBC John Reith, the Greenwich Time Signal (GTS) heard on radio is now a much loved institution.
Invented by the Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson, and the Director General of the BBC John Reith, the Greenwich Time Signal (GTS) heard on radio is now a much loved institution.
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