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Peter Donaldson

One of the founders of CollectingFriends.com, broadcaster Peter Donaldson has myriad interests, first among which is his lifelong love of the ‘wireless’, a classic communication medium with which he has been closely involved for over 30 years.

Peter Donaldson with a Bush DAC90 bakelite radio

Peter Donaldson with an example of the seminal British Bush DAC90 Bakelite radio dating from the 1930s.

Although today his broadcast work involves state-of-the-art digital equipment, Peter is pictured here with a classic Bush DAC90 Bakelite radio from the 1930s.

Peter’s voice has been reassuringly familiar on BBC radio for more than three decades. Indeed, he voiced the four-minute warning intended for broadcast by the British government in the event of a Warsaw Pact nuclear missile strike during the Cold War!

On CollectingFriends.com you can find out more about Peter’s on-air adventures, ranging from broadcasts to British Forces serving in the middle-east in the early 1960s, to ground-breaking news stories on BBC radio in the 21st century.

Full of fascinating recollections and anecdotes, his regular features will be a ‘must-read’ for all those with an interest in British broadcasting media.

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