He was one of the first to do this type of remote broadcast on a regular basis.
During these remote broadcasts, audience questions and interactions take the place of phone calls.
Around the same time, the station conducted the British Empire's first live remote broadcast of a church service.
A truck to provide live remote broadcasts came into use in 1983.
The show is known for doing "Live" remote broadcasts in support of aviation events.
However, the system is not yet reliable or broadband enough to handle live remote broadcasts.
He almost considered retiring but changed his mind when the station made arrangements for the remote broadcasts.
Local stories and remote broadcasts were all in 16:9 widescreen as well.
In 1976 he did their first remote live broadcast while reporting from a helicopter hovering 500 feet over a news scene.
There are occasional remote broadcasts to the site of news or to various political rallies.