Friday 29 September 1967 and the final BBC Home Service closedown, recorded from VHF. From the next day it would become BBC Radio 4. At 11.47pm, announcer David Dunhill reads the weather forecast for coastal waters of England and Wales. Note that the full shipping forecast was on the BBC Light Programme, 1500 metres long wave, which from the next day would become BBC Radio 2.
Then at 11.50pm David Dunhill closes down the Home Service for the final time. Although for a long time after the name change, the announcer would say, "This is Radio 4, the Home Service". In fact even today, some older people still refer to it as the "Home Service", so firmly etched in people's minds are those two words.
And so it's David Dunhill who earns a place in broadcasting history as the last voice to be heard on the BBC Home Service.
16 окт 2024
