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A little bit of history being made soon.
ArgyllFm and Brant Rock are linking up with a live fone-in from some folk's here at the studio's in Campbeltown on Aug.5th at 1700GMT.This is to do with the Fessenden Celebrations being held in Mass.WATD the station in Boston are doing live outside broadcasts on the Saturday and Sunday and we are taking part with the fone-in.WATD will carry it live also on the Internet.ArgyllFM will record it and replay later (if it's reasonable!! and we dont disgrace ourselves)Hopefully we will have a couple of kids from Drumlemble school also on the mic. talking to their pals in the David Webster Kindergarten in Marshfield/BrantRock.
Anyone interested can look at WATD on the web and see their flyer's.
We learned this week that a cardboard box has turned up from the loft of one of Fessendens old houses in Marshfield containing over 200 glass plate negatives from 1902 till 1906 all to do with his radio experiments and no doubt including some of Machrihanish.It will be interesting to see them once they have managed to develop them.They still have to use the old methods so it will perhaps be some time yet...at least he left the chemicals as well in the box!!
Dunc

Oh yes ..someone will be there..all arranged..headphones all that stuff..fingers poised on the buttons..
I,m quite sure they welcome anyone willing to do a stint.
If you want a contact PM me.
The WATD web page is interesting stuff.But I dont want to bore everyone with all the other stuff we have received and still getting hoards of it with unbelievable photos as well..all old glass plate stuff 100 years old found in an old house!!!

Cheers

Duncan

Also coverage on WBUR Boston from the guy's in Brant Rock going out this friday several times.
Great to hear them trying to say Gauldrens and Machrihanish!!!!

But then again they had a job understanding me on WFHE last week.....laugh a minute unfortunately it was a live show .........

Dunc

No I dont and actually never been involved in ArgyllFM other than this thing with the USA.My type of radio covers the world easily anytime ....from Peninver.
But I wish them all the best with the station it's hard to keep this type of small station viable..

Duncan

After a lot of confusion at the far end about GMT, Z time and BST we called in an hour before we were expected to... scrubbed it and elected to call in an hour later.This went fine and was nice to be in contact with Marshfield/Brant Rock..the second time this year and now from proper broadcast stations plus it was from both the nearest sites used in 1906 by Fessenden.This should possibly be aired again by both stations. WATD was "live" and ArgyllFM recorded it.
Thanks go to the staff of ArgyllFM for putting up with us. There was also a big thanks from WATD on the phone later. when I got home. If we had called in an other hour in error we would have had to contribute to a discussion on the Boston Red Sox...that would have been interesting........
Next thing is we are on the BBC World Service soon so hopefully the names Machrihanish and Campbeltown will become even better known.

Dunc