Faroese radio technician pulled the plug on historic broadcast 45 years ago
Marius Rein, a technician at Faroese national broadcaster Útvarp Føroya, pulled the final plug from the old broadcasting console at Bryggjubakka on 2 July 1981, permanently shutting down…
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