{"id":263,"date":"2025-05-16T00:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T23:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/?p=263"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:59:13","slug":"billy-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/2025\/05\/16\/billy-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-00.18.46.png?resize=1024%2C571&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-00.18.46.png?resize=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-00.18.46.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-00.18.46.png?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-00.18.46.png?resize=1536%2C857&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16-at-00.18.46.png?w=1665&amp;ssl=1 1665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Billy worked in UTV for a brief amount of time in its infancy. He recounted his experience finding work in Northern Ireland, and his struggles with career. He started off as an electrician and ended up as a cameraman.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b65ff44c-1143-4871-a0fb-456460a83b78\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Billy-Brown-transcript.docx\">Billy Brown transcript<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Billy-Brown-transcript.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b65ff44c-1143-4871-a0fb-456460a83b78\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Brown Interview - Media Voices NI\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q3ty1HYStm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy worked in UTV for a brief amount of time in its infancy, between 1959-1962. 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