Mark Tooze
master brummie
Thought I would start a new thread looking at TV Outside Broadcasts from Brum over the years.
First lets start with good old ATV. I have only 3 photos of ATV OB's, featuring their old PC60 cameras - none very good:-
![1634848327975.png 1634848327975.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84880-dc7f87b1be3c4bdef6aa85e5c9e8cf0f.jpg)
Covering a greyhound racing meeting at the old Perry Barr Dog Track (where OneStop is now), for an insert into ATV Today
![1634848406560.png 1634848406560.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84881-65e2aefeffc83204939b67adb6f1d70f.jpg)
Next, a barely visible pair of cameras covering Star Soccer from Villa Park
![1634848476897.png 1634848476897.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84882-d01b79d11bf974a1f7f682efb6e835c5.jpg)
And finally - single camera unit covering Villa's triumphant return to Victoria Square with the league championship in 1981 (more photos to follow from this event, and the "follow-up" gig a year later!!)
However - that world famous newspaper the "Villa Times" did a lovely centre page spread in 1976 of Star Soccer covering the Villa v Blues game - here are scans of this:-
![1634848999336.png 1634848999336.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84883-5212b196d2f09b202bc4a881d35e24ad.jpg)
![1634849055932.png 1634849055932.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84884-292947231d70b7bb208882a046340e22.jpg)
First lets start with good old ATV. I have only 3 photos of ATV OB's, featuring their old PC60 cameras - none very good:-
![1634848327975.png 1634848327975.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84880-dc7f87b1be3c4bdef6aa85e5c9e8cf0f.jpg)
Covering a greyhound racing meeting at the old Perry Barr Dog Track (where OneStop is now), for an insert into ATV Today
![1634848406560.png 1634848406560.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84881-65e2aefeffc83204939b67adb6f1d70f.jpg)
Next, a barely visible pair of cameras covering Star Soccer from Villa Park
![1634848476897.png 1634848476897.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84882-d01b79d11bf974a1f7f682efb6e835c5.jpg)
And finally - single camera unit covering Villa's triumphant return to Victoria Square with the league championship in 1981 (more photos to follow from this event, and the "follow-up" gig a year later!!)
However - that world famous newspaper the "Villa Times" did a lovely centre page spread in 1976 of Star Soccer covering the Villa v Blues game - here are scans of this:-
![1634848999336.png 1634848999336.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84883-5212b196d2f09b202bc4a881d35e24ad.jpg)
![1634849055932.png 1634849055932.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/84/84884-292947231d70b7bb208882a046340e22.jpg)