Who's Who

Chris began as a Technical Operator with the BBC, when 600 ohm resistors were mandatory, and “digital” meant counting on your fingers.

Mick (Masaki) Sawaguchi graduated in 1971 in electronics from the Chiba Institute of Technology in Tokyo and joined NHK

Hugh joined the BBC in 1954 and became a TV sound supervisor, renowned in the LE field.

Ray Dolby was mainly responsible for the development of the electronic aspects of the Ampex videotape recording system in the early 1950s.

Graham joined the BBC from university and moved into BBC TV Outside Broadcasts in 1964, quickly establishing an…

Vivienne Dyer began working at Rycote in 1985 when the company was run by its founder, John Gozzard and a mere handful of employees.

When he retired as chairman of the Lansdowne group of studios in may 2010 Adrian had been 58 years in the business

A sound supervisor in BBC Radio outside broadcasts. Always known as “Kutsch”, Harold was…

After a long career in the recording industry Ron became the original editor of the Institute’s journal Line Up.

David Meares graduated from Salford University and joined the BBC’s Research Department in 1968.