P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 1725:59  ENGINEERING Telephone 9/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS  CARADON HILL - All services RP until early January. Weather dependent aerial repair required. SEASONAL GREETINGS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THE TV and RADIO TRADE KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruptign more >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 1724:01  ENGINEERING Telephone 2/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444   For all the latest IBA transmitter   information, together with items of   general Trade interest, watch......     IBA ENGINEERING <  >  ANNOUNCEMENTS <  >  for the Radio and   Televisign Trade:    Broadcast on Tuesdays at 0915/1215       

P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 1714:24  ENGINEERING Telephgne 3/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS: THE NEXT FEW MONTHS  TINTERN (Gwent) V-A Jan STEYNING (W Sussex) V-E Feb BRADING (IOW) V-B - TRECASTLE (Powys) V-A Mar RHONDDA 'B' (Mid Glam) H-E Mar ELHAM (Kent) V-A Mar BURGAR HILL (Orkney) V-A May DATES, WHERE GIVEN, ARE PROVESE/NAL imminent relays fgllos >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 9713:04  ENGINEERING Telephone 4/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS  ELTON (Cheshire) wrom 12 Dec ITV 24, C4 31, BBC1 21, BBC2 27 V-A LLANGURIG (Powys) wrom 17 Dec ITV 23, S4C 29, BBC1 33, BBC2 26 V-A HAMMERSMITH (Gtr London) from 20 Dec ITV 59, C4 65, BBC1 48, BBC2 62 V-C/D MOUNTFIELD (E Sussex) due mid Jan ITV 24, C4 31, BBC1 21, BBC2 27 V-A BANGOR (Co Down) due mid Feb ITV 59, C4 65, BBC1 62, BBC2 55 V-C/D more fgllow1 > C4/S4C Transmitter Commissioning 297

P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 9713:42  ENGINEERING Telephone 5/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 CHANNEL 4 FROM RELAY STATIONS  On 1 October 1985, 226 relays remained to be equipped for C4/S4C. The plan is to complete this work by late 1987. The next stations: CALVER PEAK (Ch 42) from 11 Dec UPAVON (Ch 29) from 16 Dec KINGTON (Ch 42) from 18 Dec WEST RUNTON (Ch 29) due early Feb ALSTON (Ch 42) due mid Feb COLLAFIRTH HILL (Ch 47) 0 due mid Ceb BEECROFT HILL (Ch 65) due early Mar ADDINGHAM (Ch 50) due mid Mar DOWNDERRY (Ch 65) due mid Mar CALLANDER (Ch 32) due mid Mar FULL LIST FOR YOUR AREA P297 ITV >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 1716:52  ENGINEERING Telephone 6/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 INDEPENDENT LOCAL RADIO  PLYMOUTH SOUND VHF(MHz) MF(kHz) Tavistock 96.6 None Programmes from 28 Oct RADIO MERCURY Horsham 97.5 None Programmes from 15 Nov VHF FREQUENCY CHANGES  The 1984 'Geneva Plan' allocated sub- bands 94.6-97.6 and 102.0-104.9 MHz tg local radio in the UK. Consequently some ILR transmitters will change frequency in the next few years. The first batch of changes is due to be completed this year. firut changes fgllos >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon23 Dec C4 9718:17  ENGINEERING Telephone 7/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 'GENEVA PLAN' ILR VHF FREQUENCY CHANGES  Company Area Freq (MHz) Old oew Pennine Radio Hudd./Halifax 103.4 102.5 from 3 Sep Radio Mercury Reig./Crawley 103.6 102.7 from 22 Oct Essex Radio Chelmsford 96.4 102.6 Southend 95.3 96.3 Saxon Radio Bury St Edmds. 96.3 96.4 from 1 Nov Invicta Radio M'stn./Medway 103.8 103.1 Canterbury 95.1 102.8 Ashford 96.3 96.1 from 6 Ngv more >