Back when I was a kid in the late 1960s, my dad bought a Lloyds Multiband Radio (pic8.co) and we would spend hours listening to broadcasts from around the world - and satellite signals. BBC used to broadcast Big Ben sounding off on the hour. I don't remember much more than that and the news broadcasts but even then we were hearing more info from BBC than ABC, NBC, CBS here. Dad was a conservative and was suspicious of US news sources nearly 60 years ago. BBC added another perspective unavailable in the US. It didn't seem nearly as kiked as it is today - but I was young then and Dad never said much about jews and the news. I was mesmerized by that radio, so many buttons and bands and listening to broadcasts in all languages from around the world. Real bleeding edge tech to a kid back in the day. It may have had some impact on my future choice of a CS/EE career.
That’s an awesome memory.
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