17-08-2022, 11:21 PM
That sounds utterly bizarre. Back in the day, when BBC Scotland went "in circuit", the output from their continuity desk was sent to the Scottish TX sites. When "out of circuit" Scottish transmitters carried the dirty network feed (the only version of network available back in those days).
It feels unlikely that the Scottish continuity desk or BBC Scotland news gallery had NW news as a source on their desk and it somehow got mangled with the Scottish news summary.
An odd switching cock-up seems more likely. But quite how output from a region and nation were merged like that, no idea.
Would be great to hear from any technical staff from those days who might know the answer.
It feels unlikely that the Scottish continuity desk or BBC Scotland news gallery had NW news as a source on their desk and it somehow got mangled with the Scottish news summary.
An odd switching cock-up seems more likely. But quite how output from a region and nation were merged like that, no idea.
Would be great to hear from any technical staff from those days who might know the answer.