re: Seeing Stars - Radio Programme

[John Murrell <JohnMurrell@compuserve.com>]

Hello,

For your information this programme is broadcast on the BBC World Service
so should be available on the other side of the 'Pond' 
but probably on shortwave.

Details of times & frequencies can be found on the BBC web site as follows,
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/seeingstars/index.htm.

In Europe / America the time seems to be Tuesdays 17:30 GMT or Wednesday
12:30 GMT but check for details in your area. I would record it but it is
difficult to get a good signal in the UK !

I think the show is broadcast weekly but cannot find any details of the
TASS contribution in the schedules.

By the way the presenters name is Heather Couper - she has cowritten
several popular Astronomy books with Nigel Henbest. A search on the BBC
home page ( www.bbc.co.uk ) for Couper should give some details.

John Murrell
Secretary, Croydon Astronomical Society, UK
Mail: JohnMurrell@Compuserve.Com


>  I just had a short interview by phone with one the anchors (?) of
>a BBC monthly radio program called "Seeing Stars".  The host's name 
>is Heather Cooper (IFRC), and the producer is Martin Redfern.  They
>contacted me this morning and asked if I'd be willing to say a few
>words about TASS.  Of course, I didn't refuse :-)
>
>  It went pretty well, I think -- the host was very knowledgeable
>about astronomy, and asked really good questions.  She mentioned
>doing her thesis work on Palomar Sky Survey prints, so that's not
>surprising: one data-muncher talking to another :-)  I hope that 
>I didn't screw up too badly in any of my answers.  About halfway
>through the interview, I realized that I was waving my hands about
>and gesturing to add further emphasis to my explanations ... but,
>of course, they couldn't see me.
>
>  Anyway, I'm told that the program will air soon; the material had 
>to be ready by midday tomorrow (Apr 24), so perhaps the program itself
>might air sometime later tomorrow (or this coming weekend?).  
>If anyone in the UK or elsewhere does listen to this program,
>I'd be very interested in finding out how it all sounds.
>
>  Coming soon to a theatre near you: TASS, The Motion Picture :-) :-) :-)
>
>                             Michael Richmond