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World Service,20 May 2004,13 mins

Issues Relating to Time

Write On

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Addressing issues around time announcements in GMT and Eastern Standard Time. Steve Martin, On Air Editor explains why they do it. Then 'Write On' visits the Royal Observatory at Greenwich to find out how a London suburb became the home of time, to see what exactly GMT is, and to look at the history of radio-delivered time pips.

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