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Preparing Computers for the Year 2000

Anticipating the year 2000 problem in the Control Room of the Â鶹Éç World Service

Many predict computers will have a problem when the date reaches the year 2000. What is being done to anticipate and prevent this in the Control Room of the Â鶹Éç World Service? The men from Merlin Communications International, the company responsible for transmitting Â鶹Éç programmes around the world, explain.
Round-up of the year in international broadcasting, including the start-up of Radio Free Iraq and the Persian Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – both stations based in Prague.

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14 minutes

Â鶹Éç World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project