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Chimes of Big Ben Broadcast for the First Time - History Today Big Ben was first heard over the radio at midnight on 31 December 1923, to announce the New Year The sound of the Houses of Parliament clock chiming the hour signifies a daily ritual for many a radio listener
Big Ben - BBC The first time the chimes of Big Ben were heard outside of their immediate environment was on 31 December 1923, when the BBC broadcast them to the nation, heralding the New Year
100 Years of Big Ben broadcasts - YouTube The chimes of Big Ben ushering in the New Year were first broadcast on BBC radio on New Year's Eve 1923 Engineer AG Dryland recalls that event in the 1936 programme Scrapbook for 1924
100th Anniversary of Big Ben Broadcast | National Bell Festival On December 31, 1923, the chimes of Big Ben resounded not just in the immediate environs of the Palace of Westminster, but far across the British Isles as the BBC broadcast for the first time the 12 strokes at midnight to herald the start of a New Year
Big Bens bongs to usher in New Year, 100 years after its first . . . The clocktower on the Houses of Parliament in London has been at the centre of events and other momentous occasions It’s a hundred years since the first broadcast of London's Big Ben ringing out the chimes for New Year
Big Ben: One hundred years since BBC radio first broadcast the bells of . . . On 31 December 1923, BBC engineer AG Dryland had to climb to the top of the other side of the Houses of Parliament to record the belfry, as he was not allowed to do so at the clock tower He brought a microphone and broadcast the sound live
Big Ben Celebrates a Century of New Years Broadcasts - London Daily This Sunday, London's iconic Big Ben commemorated 100 years since its New Year chimes were first broadcast live to the world A tradition established in 1923, the BBC has annually aired the chimes, cementing Big Ben as a staple in British culture
Chimes of Big Ben broadcast for the first time. Big Ben was first heard over the radio on New Year's Eve, 1923, when its chimes were broadcast at midnight to announce the New Year From February 17th, 1924, the bell of Big Ben could regularly be heard on BBC radio, along with the Greenwich `pips'