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Quentin Howard
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Broadcaster - Engineer - Board Trustee. Failing to retire quietly.
🎙️on the Radio. 🛠️⚙️🪄radio tech.
FIET, Fellow of @RadioAcademy
“Father of DAB”, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎬🚂🩰📻🏍️
@llgc @boomradiouk @bwbf
In the front row of penguins
Dog finds ball. Ignores Monet painting opportunity.
March 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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This is #KennyEverett’s answerphone. Hear more from his private archive and we who loved him remember Ken on what would have been his 80th birthday. Tonight 7.00 @boomradio.co.uk
December 25, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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When we asked you to 'Ask Aspel' - you came up with some brilliant questions! Graham Dene puts them to Michael on Christmas morning at 10.00. Join us!
December 23, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I can’t think of more beautiful television than Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing.
Their 2023 Christmas Special on @BBCTwo this evening is exquisite.
Hats off to everyone at Owl Power TV, PaulW and @bobmort.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 10:37 PM
This is a great thread of TV news bloopers. We’ve all been there. Dennis Norden would be mighty proud of Scott.
It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
December 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Glorious Powell and Pressburger movies on BBC2 today. First it was A Matter of Life and Death, now
The Red Shoes.
Watching out for scenes filmed at The Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill and cameo by Mim Rambert.
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November 23, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Good thread on vinyl pressing costs.
My old pal Phil Dawson has a cutting lathe at his home studio - many Midlands bands in the 70s and 80s had their LPs cut by Phil.
Can you afford to release your album on vinyl?

I work for a small vinyl pressing plant, our customers are mostly independent artists doing small-run pressings. My job is advising people on how it all works.

Here's a short thread outlining the very basic costs of pressing and releasing an album:
November 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
What’s it like over here?
Do people have more than one immovable opinion?
Is there give and take?
Can we disagree without tears and tantrums?
If so, I’m in.
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November 18, 2024 at 11:31 PM