P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Feb C4 1710:11  ENGINEERING Telephone 1/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS  CARADON HILL - All services continue at RP pending aerial repair OA 0630-1230 on first weather permitting day 3-7 February KEELYLANG HILL - ITV RP and LTI until 1200 on 4 Feb BELMONT - ITV/C4 liable RP 4-5 Feb. C4 on local test card with no teletext 4 Feb 0900-1400 KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption more transmitter news >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Feb C4 1711:11  ENGINEERING Telephone 2/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS (continued)  BLAEN-PLWYF - S4C OA 4 Feb, 0800-1245 and dependants SKRIAIG - OA 4 Feb, 0900-1300 and dependants CWMGORS - OA 4 Feb, 0730-0830 and 1800-1900 CIRENCESTER - ITV/C4 OA 4 Feb 0930-1200 EARLY MORNING INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE DURING TV-am ON 297 (ITV) KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption more transmitter news >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Feb C4 1702:18  ENGINEERING Telephone 3/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS (continued)  EMLEY MOOR - ITV/C4 liable RP 4-7 Feb HUNMANBY - OA 4 Feb, 0930-1030 HEMEL - OA 4 Feb, 0900-0910 HEMPSTEAD and 1500-1510 TYNEWYDD - OA 4 Feb, 0930-1230 KEIGHLEY - ITV/C4 liable RP 4 Feb BUILTH WELLS - OA 4 Feb, 1000-1500 EARLY MORNING TRANSMITTER NEWS IS NOW AVAILABLE DURING TV-am ON PAGE 297 KEY:■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption new relays follow >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Feb C4 1711:28  ENGINEERING Telephone 4/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS  STEYNING (W Sussex) from 30 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 Mon 3 Feb C4 1701:11  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 Mon 3 Feb C4 1701:44  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 Mon 3 Feb C4 1702:08  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 from 30 Jan Signal Radio Stoke 104.3 102.6 due 4 Feb Pennine Radio Bradford 96.0 97.5 due 11 Feb Radio Hallam Sheffield 95.2 97.4 expected late Mar Piccadilly Manchester 97.0 103.0 Radio expected mid Apr more >