1972: EVOLUTION of MICROPHONES at the BBC | Nationwide | Making Of | BBC Archive

Veteran BBC radio broadcaster John Snagge - who first broadcast for the BBC in 1927 - discusses how microphones evolved throughout his career. Mr Snagge recalls the bulky 'meat safe' microphones originally used by the BBC - which were wheeled around on mahogany legs, Reisz microphones - that needed the occasional kick to unpack their carbon crystals, and moving coil microphones which had to be housed in a hut during outside broadcasts to minimise background noise.

For the purposes of illustration, some BBC archive images have been added to this interview.

This clip is from Nationwide, originally broadcast 27 March, 1972.





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