CREIGHTON, ONT. – Broadcasting from two kilometres inside the Canadian Shield just might have set a world record, says the cbc.ca web site today.
“Points North, CBC Sudbury’s afternoon radio show, broadcast from Inco’s Creighton mine Tuesday. It took host Dan Lessard and others nearly 40 minutes to reach their destination: the broadcast was conducted from the part of the mine known as "the deep" – located underground at a depth of about four times the height of Toronto’s CN Tower,” says the story.
The show properly prepared for the stunt, filing the right paperwork and finding out just how to do it in order to be recognized.
Though the Guinness Book of World Records doesn’t currently have a category for the deepest live radio broadcast, Lessard’s show set a number of guidelines for the attempt:
* The broadcast was to last a minimum of 15 minutes.
* It could not feature any pre-recorded voices.
* No music, including the afternoon show’s theme song, could be repeated.
* The broadcast had to be verified by two independent witnesses.
It’s hoped the feat might make the printing of the 2006 book.
Now when that new mine in Timmins opens up that’s as deep as the height of six CN Towers, maybe a jock from the City with the Heart of Gold can take a shot at that record.
