This is a very long shot, but does anyone have any recordings of the
late Gordon Sparks presenting the Golden Hour (Gordon Hour) at BBC
Radio Devon? I have written to a couple of presenters at the station,
with no success. I believe BBC policy is not to provide copies of
copyright material and in any event I assume such material will not be retained long term.
On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:30:18 +0000, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
Depending on the station's retention pplicy, there will have been a
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have any recordings of the
late Gordon Sparks presenting the Golden Hour (Gordon Hour) at BBC
Radio Devon? I have written to a couple of presenters at the station,
with no success. I believe BBC policy is not to provide copies of
copyright material and in any event I assume such material will not be
retained long term.
station log recording of him speaking available for a while, but these
are not normally available to those outside the station and the
authorities. These were or area a legal requirement, but were or are
normally deleted after a year or so and the media re-used.
Have you asked the station management or station archivist about
these?
Presenters would have only had access to their own recordings, and may
not even be aware they exist.
On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:40:47 +0000, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:30:18 +0000, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
Depending on the station's retention pplicy, there will have been a
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have any recordings of the
late Gordon Sparks presenting the Golden Hour (Gordon Hour) at BBC
Radio Devon? I have written to a couple of presenters at the station,
with no success. I believe BBC policy is not to provide copies of
copyright material and in any event I assume such material will not be
retained long term.
station log recording of him speaking available for a while, but these
are not normally available to those outside the station and the
authorities. These were or area a legal requirement, but were or are
normally deleted after a year or so and the media re-used.
The problem is that Gordon sadly died more than a year ago. I would be relying on material specifically retained.
Have you asked the station management or station archivist about
these?
Presenters would have only had access to their own recordings, and may
not even be aware they exist.
I tried someone senior at the station a couple of times but this was unsuccessful. I suppose you are right. I need to identify the station
manager (I doubt if there will be a dedicated archivist).
I just wondered if anyone here had any recordings.
I just wondered if anyone here had any recordings.
In message <ifm9si5nnf66thdiu1600h3ud53kgr0o3d@4ax.com> at Thu, 8 Feb
2024 13:43:46, Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> writes
[]
I just wondered if anyone here had any recordings.
Just curious - why, was he a relative or something?
Have you tried browsing the Internet Archive?
This search: >https://archive.org/details/audio?tab=collection&query=BBC+Radio+Devon&page=2 >brought up at least one mention of Gordon Sparks and it's possible that a >further search might narrow down to what you are looking for.
On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 01:40:02 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
wrote:
In message <ifm9si5nnf66thdiu1600h3ud53kgr0o3d@4ax.com> at Thu, 8 Feb
2024 13:43:46, Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> writes
[]
I just wondered if anyone here had any recordings.
Just curious - why, was he a relative or something?
I started listening periodically when Simon Bates joined Radio Davon
(as I liked his broadcasting style from my student days). When Simon
left, I continued listening to Gordon Sparks - mainly the Golden Hour
over breakfast - and thought he was a great broadcaster. I texted in
many times to guess the year. Now, sadly 'Sparksy' has passed away and
I would quite like one of his recordings.
Incidentally, my mum worked for BBC radio in Scotland and when I tried
there, they could only find one recording in the archive as most of
the material went out live.
I presume you have listened to the ones on BBC Programme Index?
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have any recordings of the
late Gordon Sparks presenting the Golden Hour (Gordon Hour) at BBC
Radio Devon?
On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:30:18 +0000, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have any recordings of the
late Gordon Sparks presenting the Golden Hour (Gordon Hour) at BBC
Radio Devon?
I worked there for 7 weeks in 1990 and don't recall that name, so I
guess it was a while after that (and the answer is no).
On 10/02/2024 15:44, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:[snipped]
On 10/02/2024 15:44, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:30:18 +0000, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have any recordings of the
late Gordon Sparks presenting the Golden Hour (Gordon Hour) at BBC
Radio Devon?
I worked there for 7 weeks in 1990 and don't recall that name, so I
guess it was a while after that (and the answer is no).
Gordon was still at Plymouth Sound in 1990, I think he joined BBC Devon
to launch the opt out breakfast show presented from Plymouth (2005 ish
?) (rather than Exeter ?)
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