[Bluecortina]

No as it was an outside source into the studio. The Thames News studio appeared on the monitor next to Michael Aspel and he and Andrew Gardner sometimes had a bit of banter at the end of the bulletin.

Indeed, and synchronised to the studio in the Lines area.

And just to add, incoming circuits to building were referred to as 'circuits' so KRS this or that. The lines area assigned these circuits (and synchronised them where appropriate) to be remotes into the central distribution system so REM 1 or Rem this, that or the other. Remotes were then assigned to a studio as a 'DX' so DX 1 or this, that or the other.