P597ORACLE 597 Mon24 Feb C4 1722:09  ENGINEERING Telephone 1/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 TRANSMITTER NEWS  DOWLAIS - All services OA 25 Feb 0930-1230 (weather dependent) SHEFFIELD - ITV/C4 liable RP 25 Feb WINTERBORNE - ITV OA 26 Feb, 1100-1200 STICKLAND LARKSTOKE - OA 26 Feb, 1100-1130 BACUP - OA 26 Feb, 0900-1600 HARTLAND - OA 26 Feb, 0900-1600 KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air ■ LTI:liable to interruption more >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon24 Feb C4 1706:23  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   Television Trade:    Broadcast on Tuesdays at 0915/1215       

P597ORACLE 597 Mon24 Feb C4 1701:12  ENGINEERING Telephone 3/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS: THE NEXT FEW MONTHS  LLANSAWEL (Dyfed) V-A Mar ELHAM (Kent) V-A Mar LYMINGE (Kent) V-A Mar TALLEY (Dyfed) V-B Mar ROSEDALE ABBEY (N Yorks) V-B Apr WARDLE (Gtr Manchester) H-A Apr CROSBY RAVENSWORTH V-C/D Apr DATES, WHERE GIVEN, ARE PROVISIONAL imminent relays follow >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon24 Feb C4 1728:45  ENGINEERING Telephone 4/7  INFORMATION WINCHESTER  SERVICE (0962) 822444 NEW TV RELAYS  BRADING (IOW) from 13 Feb ITV 41, C4 47, BBC1 51, BBC2 55 V-B TINTERN (Gwent) from 19 Feb ITV 24, C4 31, BBC1 21, BBC2 27 V-A BANGOR (Co Down) now due late Feb ITV 59, C4 65, BBC1 62, BBC2 55 V-C/D RHONDDA 'B (Mid Glam) now due early Mar ITV 49, S4C 68, BBC1 66, BBC2 39 H-E TRECASTLE (Powys) due mid Mar ITV 25, S4C 32, BBC1 22, BBC2 28 V-A more follows > C4/S4C Transmitter Commissioning 297

P597ORACLE 597 Mon24 Feb C4 1715:15  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: COLLAFIRTH HILL (Ch 47) from 13 Feb ALSTON (Ch 42) now due early Mar W'BORNE STICKLAND (Ch 50) due late Mar SCOVAL (Ch 65) due late Mar ADDINGHAM (Ch 50) now due late Mar DOWNDERRY (Ch 65) now due late Mar CALLANDER (Ch 32) now due late Mar WINCOBANK (Ch 65) due late Mar GULVAL (Ch 29) due late Mar PENIFILER (Ch 42) due late Mar WEST LINTON (Ch 29) now due early Apr OVER BIDDULPH (Ch 48) now due early Apr FULL LIST FOR YOUR AREA P297 ITV >

P597ORACLE 597 Mon24 Feb C4 1712:42  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 Mon24 Feb C4 1712:22  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 from 4 Feb Pennine Radio Bradford 96.0 97.5 * now expected early Mar Radio Hallam Sheffield 95.2 97.4 expected late Mar Piccadilly Manchester 97.0 103.0 Radio expected mid Apr more >