P597ORACLE 597 Mon27 Jan C4 1712:29  ENGINEERING Telephone 1/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS  CARADON HILL - All services continue at RP pending weather dependent aerial repair OA 0800-1215 at first opportunity DOWLAIS - OA 28 Jan, 0930-1230 ADDINGHAM - OA 28 Jan, 0900-1600 PONTYPOOL - ITV/S4C OA 28 Jan 0930-1200 EMLEY MOOR - C4 liable RP 27-29 Jan KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption more >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon27 Jan C4 1713:07  ENGINEERING Telephone 2/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 DEALER VISITS TO CRAWLEY COURT  Dealers and their staff are cordially invited to spend a day at the IBA's Engineering Headquarters in the heart of Hampshire. Visits are held regularly. During the morning there'll be an informal illus- trated talk. After a free lunch guests are shown our laboratories and other technical areas. Next visit: 19 Feb To apply, contact Diana Cozens: IBA Engineering Information Service, Crawley Court, WINCHESTER, SO21 2QA Tel: Winchester (0962) 822403 new relays follow >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon27 Jan C4 1711:24  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 LLANSAWEL (Dyfed) V-A Mar DURNESS (Highland) V-C/D - DATES, WHERE GIVEN, ARE PROVISIONAL imminent relays follow >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon27 Jan C4 1712:07  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 follows > C4/S4C Transmitter Commissioning 297

P597ORACLE 597 Mon27 Jan C4 1711:11  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: 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 GULVAL (Ch 29) due late Mar PENIFILER (Ch 42) due late Mar FULL LIST FOR YOUR AREA P297 ITV >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon27 Jan C4 1713:28  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 Mon27 Jan C4 1711:17  ENGINEERING Telephone 7/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 'GENEVA PLAN' ILR VHF FREQUENCY CHANGES  Company Area Freq (MHz) Old New Radio Hallam Rotherham 95.9 96.1 due 30 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 more >