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Old 3rd Dec 2018, 12:45 pm   #8
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Default Re: Hum and noise in BBC Sound Radio broadcasts?

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Originally Posted by mark_in_manc View Post
I can't answer your question, but I remember (from a short placement) that there were radio studios in the basement of BH from which the Northern Line was sporadically audible - at least, that's the engineers' story as I remember it.
Actually the Bakerloo Line as BH sits above it between the Regents Park and Oxford St stations - I heard the trains rumbling by many times whilst working there!

There's an interesting read here http://underground-history.co.uk/bbcbh.php about an unfounded rumour of a platform for BH on the line - the article concludes with

"Update 2006: Over the last couple of years, extensive work has been done in the refurbishment of BBC Broadcasting House. In fact, "refurbishment" is rather a weak word to describe the work... As the facade is a listed building, this couldn't be changed, but essentially, the building's innards have been completely gutted and rebuilt so that the studios are now on floating foundations to attempt to reduce the noise from the Underground"
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