the coronation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast was by about 50,000 viewers. we have got two of our cameras high up and the gate ourselves. _ however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen's funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. now, if you are a fan of radio, i mean, really a fan of radio, then you will know what this is. pips they are called the pips, and when you hear them, you will know it is something o'clock. i find them quite soothing. but have you ever wondered why they exist? ships. the pips tell ships what time it is and help them navigate. at the height of the british empire, britain had a lot more ships than anyone else anywhere in the world and their maps all needed to follow a strict format so they could figure out where they were. the centre of all british nautical charts was the greenwich meridian, 0 degrees, and each vessel also

the coronation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast wasy about 50,000 viewers. however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen's funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. but now, let's go back before the time of television to the very beginnings of the bbc in 1922. of course, way before television came radio and what do you need to broadcast a voice to the nation? you are going to need one of these. and one of the most iconic mics ever is the bbc—marconi type a and when i say iconic, it is an icon. literally. one of our colleagues, joe leates, really, really loves this microphone so we sent him to the archives to see what he could dig up. not many are around these days, especially ones that work, as it became tradition at the corporation to empty the insides and plate them with gold as leaving presents for announcers. but what a thing to have on your man

the street parties going right back to — there are great photos of street parties the george v and george vidon't have to have a huge tv, you can have a small tea with your neighbours in the community. so let's have a great day and no rain, because we have had a few large lunches and ceremonies which have been wronged by the weather. fingers crossed that is good weather because i think there are plans for international and national celebrations.— international and national celebrations. ., , . celebrations. thank you very much indeed. lovely _ celebrations. thank you very much indeed. lovely to _ celebrations. thank you very much indeed. lovely to speak _ celebrations. thank you very much indeed. lovely to speak to - celebrations. thank you very much indeed. lovely to speak to you. i celebrations. thank you very much indeed. lovely to speak to you. do you think we should get an accurate weather forecast for the first weekend of may? do you have any ideas, that? latte for the first weekend of may? do you have any ideas, that?— have any ideas, that? we have another mystery _ have any ideas, th

the coronation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast wasthose clocks accurate to the second? well, to bring in the new year in 1923, the bbc ran an experiment to broadcast the midnight bongs of big ben on the radio. big ben bongs it was a bonging success, and the following year the first fully accessible time signal, the greenwich time signal, started to be broadcast every hour — and it hasn't stopped since. the pips, as they were known, were generated by a swinging pendulum fitted with electrical contacts. so now you could have accurate greenwich mean time literally anywhere that you had a radio. the pips have become legendary, a symbol of bbc radio, and who better to tell us about them than another legend of bbc radio, tony blackburn. archive: welcome along i to the tony blackburn show this morning for this tuesday 9th december. my thanks, as always tojohn dunn for swinging us up until the seven o'clock hour. the pips have always been a favourite of mine since 1967 when ijoined the bbc and opened up radio 1. archive: good morning everyone

vis who was recently named national co-chair of no labels. also with us, director at the substitute of politics at harvard university, and former adviser to president georgercus". >> thank you so much for being with us. why did you decide to get involved with no labels and this search for an independent president? >> no labels has been around for 12 years, and i believe in bipartisanship. i think that the problem that our nation faces right now is that the extremes on the right and extremes on the left are not offering an opportunity. and no labels just did a poll last month of 25,000 americans, and most americans believe that our nation needs to move forward and not backwards, and so what happens this year in 2023 i think we were going to see hopefully some progress and bipartisanship. and that's going to set the stage for 2024. i think that most people want to see our nation and our democracy progress and not go back, and i think the things that have gone on with former president trump represent back wardness and not necessarily represent going forward. >> mark mckinnon we've talked about the possibility of an independent presidential candidate. i must