P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 9701:05  ENGINEERING Telephone 1/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS  CARADON HILL - All services continue at RP pending weather dependent aerial repair OA 0830-1200 at first opportunity 20-24 Jan LIMAVADY - All services RP until 29 Jan LLANWRTYD - OA 21 Jan, 0930-1130 WELLS  HIGH HUNSLEY - RP until 22 Jan,1835 Viking Radio VHF OA 21 and 22 Jan 1830-1835 KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption more >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 1714:45  ENGINEERING Telephone 2/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS (continued)  CHATTON - OA 21 Jan, 1400-1600 ROTHBURY TYNEWYDD - OA 21 Jan, 0930-1230 LLANELLI - OA 21 Jan, 0900-1400 BRIGHTON - C4 OA 21 Jan, 1100-1200 ABERCRAF - OA 21 Jan, 0830-1700 EARLY MORNING INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE DURING TV-am ON 297 (ITV) KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption new relays fgllow >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 1712:59  ENGINEERING Telephone 3/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS: THE NEXT FEW MONTHS  TRECASTLE (Powys) V-A Mar RHONDDA 'B' (Mid Glam) H-E Mar ELHAM (Kent) V-A Mar LYMINGE (Kent) V-A Mar TALLEY (Dyfed) V-B Mar DURNESS (Highland) V-C/D - LLANSAWEL (Dyfed) V-A - DATES, WHERE GIVEN, ARE PROVISIONAL imminent relays fgllos >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 1702:42  ENGINEERING Telephone 4/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS  STEYNING (W Sussex) due late Jan ITV 62, C4 56, BBC1 45, BBC2 59 V-E MOUNTFIELD (E Sussex) due early Feb 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 BRADING (IOW) due mid Feb ITV 41, C4 47, BBC1 51, BBC2 55 V-B TINTERN (Gwent) due late Feb ITV 24, C4 31, BBC1 21, BBC2 27 V-A more fgllows > C4/S4C Transmitter Commissioning 297

P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 1701:25  ENGINEERING Telephone 5/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 C4/S4C FROM RELAY STATIONS  On 1 January 1986, 198 relays remained to be equipped for C4/S4C. The plan is to complete this work by late 1987. The next stations: BEECROFT HILL (Ch 65) due late Jan WEST RUNTON (Ch 29) due late Jan ALSTON (Ch 42) due mid Feb COLLAFIRTH HILL (Ch 47) due mid Feb ADDINGHAM (Ch 50) due early Mar DOWNDERRY (Ch 65) due early Mar CALLANDER (Ch 32) due early Mar WEST LINTON (Ch 29) due mid Mar OVER BIDDULPH (Ch 48) due mid Mar WINCOBANK (Ch 65) due late Mar FULL LIST FOR YOUR AREA P297 ITV >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 1711:08  ENGINEERING Telephone 6/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW INDEPENDENT LOCAL RADIO STATIONS  RADIO TRENT VHF(MHz) MF(kHz) Derby TBA 945 Expected late 1986 OCEAN SOUND Southampton TBA 1557 Expected late 1986 VHF FREQUENCY CHANGES  The 1984 'Geneva Plan' allocated sub- bands 94.6-97.6 and 102.0-104.9 MHz to local radio in the UK. Consequently some ILR transmitters have changed frequency and many more will do so over the next 2 years. early 1986 changes follow >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon20 Jan C4 1711:50  ENGINEERING Telephone 7/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 'GENEVA PLAN' ILR VHF FREQUENCY CHANGES  Company Area Freq (MHz) Old oew Radio Hallam Rotherham 95.9 96.1 expected late Jan * Signal Radio Stoke 104.3 102.6 expected early Feb * Pennine Radio Bradford 96.0 97.5 expected early Feb * Radio Hallam Sheffield 95.2 97.4 expected late Mar * Piccadilly Manchester 97.0 103.0 Radio expected mid Apr * * subject to DTI clearance more >