Re: How good were 1950's/1960's Band 1 TV receivers?

In article <eWCri.4645$Db6.4615@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David <david.park@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"tony sayer" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Another interesting fact about this part of the world is
that from the mid 60s, BBCtv was broadcast from
Winter Hill on CH12,

Why did they do that?...


to get coverage into an area that was badly affected by interfence in the
summer months; memory says the Blackpool area. A similar situation
occurred in Lincolnshire where Belmont also had a BBC Band III service.


Was it so they could have Look North, Leeds and Look North, Manchester?

No, it was purely on a coverage basis. Programmes used what facilities
were available and didn't dictate what transmitters were needed.

The Independant from WH was Granada M to F and EM was..?.. M to F. ( not
sure if called Yorkshire in the early days, as it covered other
counties.)

The original Granada franchise covered both sides of the Pennines. It was
the second round which led to the area being split into two and Yorkshire
tv appearing on the scene. That was 1968. Some quite serious people
proposed that this smaller Granada franchise be split into two (Winter Hill
north and WH south) at the 4rd round in 1982.

Its all in Wiki ....

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