§ 73. Mr. Dayasked the Postmaster-General what proposals have been submitted to him by the British Broadcasting Corporation for the provision of alternative stations with the object of providing alternative programmes in the northern or western section of Great Britain; and whether his approval has been given to any such proposals?
§ Major TryonThe Corporation have arranged the following changes. Stations at Burghead in Morayshire and at Penmon in Anglesey have been put into service within the last six months. A station at Stagshaw, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, is under construction. The establishment of new stations in South Devon and in the neighbourhood of the Bristol Channel has recently been authorised.
§ Major TryonInvestigations are always going on.
§ Mr. A. ReedHas the right hon. Gentleman any idea when we are to get an English broadcasting station in Devonshire, because our people are horribly sick of having to listen to Welsh day after day?
§ Mr. A. JenkinsIs the right hon. Gentleman not aware that the Welsh people are heartily sick of the Devonshire dialect?