At the time I was working for a radio station in Lancashire...I got a phone call at about 2/3am my friend Steve screaming 'WE'RE IN OBIT'
Obit (obituary procedure) is a little light in radio and tv stations that goes off when someone of major importance dies... It was meant to be used only for the Queen and Prime minister... But for some reason they put it on for her, He panicked as he hadn't had any obit training, I just said switch to slow music and keep an ear on the news feed. It all went well and the station wasn't fined for him playing something inappropriate.
Only other time I am aware it was used recently was 9/11, I was making ads in studio 2 and the BIG GREEN OBIT LIGHT came on, the program controller came crashing though the door, shoved me out and took control of the the output from studio one.... IRN feed was being listened too off air by him... it informed him there would be a live break in feed in 3:40 he quickly scoured the database for a slow sombre song to take him up to the breaking news....
his choice.
R-Kelly - Flying without wings!
True story!
my fingers ache now.
(Obit (obituary procedure) is a little light in radio and tv stations that goes off when someone of major importance dies... It was meant to be used only for the Queen and Prime minister... But for some reason they put it on for her, He panicked as he hadn't had any obit training, I just said switch to slow music and keep an ear on the news feed. It all went well and the station wasn't fined for him playing something inappropriate.
Only other time I am aware it was used recently was 9/11, I was making ads in studio 2 and the BIG GREEN OBIT LIGHT came on, the program controller came crashing though the door, shoved me out and took control of the the output from studio one.... IRN feed was being listened too off air by him... it informed him there would be a live break in feed in 3:40 he quickly scoured the database for a slow sombre song to take him up to the breaking news....
his choice.
R-Kelly - Flying without wings!
True story!
my fingers ache now.
tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!,
Mon 13 Feb 2012, 16:11,
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Haha, Well that's not as bad as missing happy days...!I remember finding out about 911 by popping into a freinds house for a coffee, tower one had been hit as had the petagon, we were watching rolling sky news, they were still debating weather it was a terrorist attack or two accidents.... and then as we were watching, BANG! there went tower two, we were like "What the fuck, jesus man!"
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Mon 13 Feb 2012, 16:22,
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