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TRANSMITTER NEWS
MENDIP - OA 4 March, 0930-1100
and dependants (weather permitting)
BETHESDA - OA 4 March, 0930-1300
DOWLAIS - OA 4 March, 0930-1230
(weather permitting)
TOROSAY - OA 5 March, 0930-1630
and dependants
HIGH HUNSLEY - Viking Radio VHF
(ILR Humberside) OA 4 March, 1010-1410
KEY ■ RP:reduced power ■ OA:off air
■ LTI:liable to interruption
P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Mar C4 1723:14
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TRANSMITTER NEWS (continued)
HUNTSHAW CROSS - C4 OA 4 Mar, 0900-1400
and dependants
HOLMFIRTH - OA 5 Mar, 0900-1100
(weather permitting)
BELCOO - LTI 5 March
AUSTWICK - OA 5 Mar, 0900-1200
WHARFEDALE - ITV/C4 liable RP
4-5 March
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 follow >
P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Mar C4 1717:43
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NEW TV RELAYS: THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
LLANSAWEL (Dyfed) V-A Apr
ROSEDALE ABBEY (N Yorks) V-B Apr
WARDLE (Gtr Manchester) H-A Apr
CROSBY RAVENSWORTH (Cumb) V-C/D Apr
HARBERTONFORD (Devon) H-B May
BURGAR HILL (Mainland Orkney) V-A May
DORKING (Surrey) V-B May
DATES, WHERE GIVEN, ARE PROVISIONAL
imminent relays follow >
P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Mar C4 1711:06
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NEW TV RELAYS
BANGOR (Co Down) now due early Mar
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) now due late Mar
ITV 25, S4C 32, BBC1 22, BBC2 28 V-A
TALLEY (Dyfed) now due late Mar
ITV 49, S4C 42, BBC1 39, BBC2 45 V-B
ELHAM (Kent) due early Apr
ITV 23, C4 30, BBC1 33, BBC2 26 V-A
LYMINGE (Kent) due early Apr
ITV 25, C4 32, BBC1 22, BBC2 28 V-A
C4/S4C commissioning >
P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Mar C4 1714:30
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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) now due mid 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
WINCOBANK (Ch 65) due late Mar
PENIFILER (Ch 42) due late Mar
GULVAL (Ch 29) now due early Apr
OVER BIDDULPH (Ch 48) now due early Apr
TROON (Ch 54) now due early Apr
CALLANDER (Ch 32) now due mid Apr
WEST LINTON (Ch 29) now due mid Apr
FULL LIST FOR YOUR AREA P297 ITV >
P597ORACLE 597 Mon 3 Mar C4 1706:54
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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 sua-
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 Mar C4 1718:17
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'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
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