Fessenden (again)

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The American Broadcasting Company and several other overseas radio and tv media stations have requested that the group who put on the radio station at the Fessenden site do it once again at the end of this year to conclude the 100th Anniversary of Fessendens achievements.This station was simply run by radio amateurs but now the "heavies" of Radio and TV in USA are gearing up their act on the broadcasting front. ABC are trying to float the idea of a satellite link up from Machrihanish direct to Brant Rock Mass. at Xmas time in conjunction with BBC.
Radio Scotland will have a programme on 19th Sept.at 1130am produced by Louise Yeoman on air called "Past Lives" whilst at the same time BBC World Service will be recording at Machrihanish for a later programme of a more scientific nature into Fessenden including recordings taken at Brant Rock a few weeks ago. This programme produced by Georgie Robinson and Richard Hollingham( who will be recognisable as last been seen freezing his butt off at the bottom of a glazier in Antartica on a feature on global warming.)
All this is to raise the importance of Machrihanish in the beginning of Radio..
Skyscrapers are also being lit up in Phildelphia to mark the significance over the Xmas period with the letters N.E.S.C.O. Fessendens Company.


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Georgie Robinson and Richard Hollingham were up on Tuesday and recorded a 30min. documentary about Fessenden with input from Drumlemble school and others. The BBC World Service will broadcast this programme before Xmas and according to Georgie who produces this Doc. it will be brilliant....
Richard also spellbound the Drumlemble kids with his talk on Antartica and the Arctic Circle when researching Global Warming.We also learned a lot of additional facts not generally known..eg yes the ice is receeding but because it's getting milder the atmosphere being warmer can hold more moisture thus more snowfall..so work it out!!
The American Broadcasting Com. in NY are still trying to float the idea of a satellite link- up between the sites .We have been advised to try it from the religious side as Fessendens first radio broadcast was religious.So that's me in the wilderness!!
We have also been asked by the A.B.C. and others to put on a special radio station on Short Wave again in Dec. and the next e-mail was from ICOM the radio manufacturer offering equipment as they were delighted with the PR coverage we gave them.
Apparently there are also an enormous number of "hits" on Donald Kelly's site at http://groups.msn.com/fessenden so we must be doing something right..

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