"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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1959 London WC opens - and I *think* it was around this time that
the
first 'live'/unscripted radio presentation was made from the studio
there - I used to have the date but can't put my hand to it -
certainly
very early 1960's at the latest. But, much was still scripted on
radio.

This makes sense ... in which case the first meteorologist to present
a forecast on the radio could possibly have been Jack Armstrong,
Trevor Davies, or Norman Ellis ... although I don't remember listening
to weather forecasts in 1959, when they first began to impinge a
couple of years later I'm pretty sure that it was only the TV
forecasters who also did the forecasts on BBC radio -- mostly on the
Home Service but also occasionally on the Light Programme.

Philip Eden

.... in fact, until at least the time I left LWC (1988), and I think into
the very early 90's, P Met O London was o-i-c the Weather Centre team
(relatively small unit then), as the forecasters were nominally
attached/based to/at London WC. Indeed, some (Giles, McCaskill, Fish,
Kettley) still came onto our rosters on odd occasions and it was Mr McC
who was on duty at London Wc on the 15th/16th October, 1987.

As the BBC-tv team grew dramatically mid-90's onwards (and also London
spawned the services for ITN/ITV), then BBC Weather Centre (as it came
to be known) got it's own management team which effectively bi-passed
the London structu this reflected it's importance in the grand scheme
of things, especially with the growth of BBC World, BBC News24 and BBCi
etc.

Martin.