BBC World Service junk auction has nearly everything you need to start a radio station

The BBC World Service recently vacated its historic digs at Bush House in the Aldwych in London (a building I have fond memories of, as it's where my wife worked when we started courting). They're selling off all their superannuated, surplus and otherwise unneeded gear. The auction includes pretty much everything you need to build a radio studio, a ton of office furniture, and rather a lot of miscellaneous miscellanea.

BBC World Service Phase 1 (Thanks, Joly!)

(Image: Bush House, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2.0) image from visualfield's photostream)

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A quick look showed dozens of factory-boxed cassette decks and stereo receivers.

This looks more like a Circuit City liquidation sale!
mobobo

reet all I need now is a boat and I can fulfill my Pirate dreams.
There is a stack o bargains to be had matey! aaaaarrrrrrrr
bumblebeeeeeee

“junk auction has nearly everything you need to start a radio station”

Not junk – hence the auction, hence people bidding fair amounts. The major equipment you’d need for transmission are not in the auction. There are many places you could get “everything you need to start a radio station”, but you’d need money. As you’d expect.
Gilbert Wham

Good place to pick up a couple of SL1210s. The day they are no longer needed is far, far away, thankfully.
http://twitter.com/emiliaStr212 emilia212

Can people outside the UK participate in the auction? Can’t seem to find any relevant info.
Preston Sturges

Did I see a building just like that in Chicago maybe? It seems like a specific piece of architecture.
- Preston Sturges
  
  Same architect that designed the Masonic Washington Monument in Alexandria VA
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial
http://profile.yahoo.com/X65OC5EVJ6LSL5IOJRFKKI4C4Q Dave

Its all part of the BBC’s retreat to the leftist north of England, to that bastion of working class spirit, Manchester. The BBC belongs in London. Nuff said.
- mobobo
  
  naaaaa – the beeb is waaaay beyond one physical location, and London is a shite hole filled with Banksters.