[Paul MMember]

HI

Has anyone please got any examples of the BBC Local Radio TOH Idents which have included the Pips. I know somwhewre i found examples of 1 minute 30 sec and othershort Versions but cannot find them. If you could send them i would be very eternally grateful

Thanks So Much
Paul

[nleibo]

The Pips?? Always wondered what happened to them after Gladys Knight went “solo”…

[IainJohnston]

(Ahem…) Greenwich Time Signal Neil !

[nleibo]

That is what is referred to as the “Pips”, Iain? Interesting... Speaking of which–Did you know Gladys Knight used to OIL the Pips–well, pips squeak..

[IainJohnston]

Once described by another UK jingle collector (jokingly), as the “BBC Radio Four jingle package”

https://soundcloud.com/allthebestjingles03/bbcpipswav?si=ced576f2c9f24531aac8fed35e75fe12&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The Greenwich Time Signal has been used at the top of hours by the BBC from time immemorial
(and they’ve celebrated 100 years of the BBC in just the past few days – bit like KDKA Pittsburgh)

Nearest I think the USA has had to this is the old Time Signal stations such as WWV (and possibly
one in Hawaii?)

In recent years, British TV music composer David Lowe was commissioned to do a huge suite of
news-intro music for the BBC (TV in particular), and he “incorporated” the pips into those.

Video here, but thousands of examples even “club remixes” scattered across t’internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llBi71jziUk

[IainJohnston]

Not recent, but perhaps a flavour of what Paul is looking for?

[Paul MMemberAuthor]

@Ian Johnson. Thanks very much I have never heard that version !

[gameswizardMember]

IainJohnston;c-77703 wrote:

The Greenwich Time Signal has been used at the top of hours by the BBC from time immemorial

These days, unless you listen on analogue radio (FM, AM), the GTS/pips is no longer accurate to the second as digital services are “delayed”. Even on-screen clocks on TV (e.g on BBC Breakfast) are out.

I timed some BBC services.
Streaming Radio 2, the audio is delayed by ~40 seconds compared to Radio 2 FM on a tuner (89.3 MHz from Holme Moss).
BBC1 (Winter Hill) is delayed by ~7 seconds.

[Paul MMemberAuthor]

@Gamewswizard. Thankyou

[IainJohnston]

Usual polite but gentle reminder…
Its
IAIN. (Eye–aay–eye–enn)
JOHNSTON
Any other spelling isn’t me
(Was in hospital recently and they managed to do my name in no less than FOUR different ways – eedjits! )

[Paul MMemberAuthor]

@ Iain Johnston – Sincere Apologies

[IainJohnston]

Nae bother, Paul

[EwanMember]

Unfortunately not clean, but here is an example from 2016.

[Paul MMemberAuthor]

BBI45;c-77742 wrote:

Unfortunately not clean, but here is an example from 2016.

https://youtu.be/iFctk2vkWWM

@BB145 Thanks so much for that

[JustMattRadio]

Here are a few 15 sec versions:

BBC Three Counties 2009

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApO2sVuII1Ziv8EbG-2pkBR25oeM1g?e=RlpCM4

BBC Radio Northampton Xmas 2019

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApO2sVuII1Ziv8EeVgALw-IZLhcGtw?e=m1chla

BBC Radio Guernsey 2018

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApO2sVuII1Ziv8Ecbs7Uqiw-5_n-Xw?e=h00s8t

[Mark_PaxtonMember]

I knew I had one somewhere. Here’s BBC Merseyside from the early 00’s. These were ‘live’ pips and not actually mixed into the TOH.

[Mark_PaxtonMember]

[Paul MMemberAuthor]

Mark_Paxton;c-77817 wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/markpaxton/bbc-gmr-toh-2003-with-pips?si=beacffb4de724a22993f05de7dbe1542&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Thanks so very much for those 2 examples

[Anonymous]

Here’s 2 examples from me.

PDY Jingles · BBC Radio Stoke 2002 TOTH with Pips

PDY Jingles · BBC Radio Kent 2000 TOTH with Pips

[Anonymous]

Mark_Paxton;c-77817 wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/markpaxton/bbc-gmr-toh-2003-with-pips?si=beacffb4de724a22993f05de7dbe1542&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Haven’t heard this one before, who did it?

[Mark_PaxtonMember]

Jinglefied;c-77820 wrote:

Mark_Paxton;c-77817 wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/markpaxton/bbc-gmr-toh-2003-with-pips?si=beacffb4de724a22993f05de7dbe1542&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Haven’t heard this one before, who did it?

I think it was an outfit called Maximum Productions. They also did a package for York in the mid 00’s.

[Anonymous]

Mark_Paxton;c-77821 wrote:

Jinglefied;c-77820 wrote:

Mark_Paxton;c-77817 wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/markpaxton/bbc-gmr-toh-2003-with-pips?si=beacffb4de724a22993f05de7dbe1542&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Haven’t heard this one before, who did it?

I think it was an outfit called Maximum Productions. They also did a package for York in the mid 00’s.

Oh ok, Maximum did packages for a number of BBC LR stations. Have you got any ones in full?

[Mark_PaxtonMember]

Jinglefied:

Nothing unfortunately. Don’t Know anything about them. Who else did they do packages for?

[Anonymous]

Mark_Paxton;c-77824 wrote:

Jinglefied:

Nothing unfortunately. Don’t Know anything about them. Who else did they do packages for?

Ah, sorry my bad, I was thinking of Wicked, not Maximum.

Wicked have done packages for Gloucestershire, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk, Solent, Bristol and Somerset.

[Paul MMemberAuthor]

Jinglefied;c-77825 wrote:

Mark_Paxton;c-77824 wrote:

Jinglefied:

Nothing unfortunately. Don’t Know anything about them. Who else did they do packages for?

Ah, sorry my bad, I was thinking of Wicked, not Maximum.

Wicked have done packages for Gloucestershire, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk, Solent, Bristol and Somerset.

Hi

Have Wicked got a web site please ?

Thanks

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