Television Transmitter, Isle of Wight (Coverage)

HC Deb 11 November 1953 vol 520 c928

21. Mr. Stevens

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General the effective range of the permanent television transmitter to be built in the Isle of Wight.

Mr. Gammans

The B.B.C. expects that the coverage given by the permanent station at the Isle of Wight will extend along the South Coast from Lyme Regis in the West to Seaford in the East, and will include the counties of Hampshire and Dorset, the western half of Sussex and parts of Wiltshire, Somerset, Berkshire and Surrey.

Mr. Stevens

Can my hon. Friend say what progress has been made in the erection of this transmitter?

Mr. Gammans

This is being dealt with by the B.B.C. but I was asked a question two weeks ago, and from memory I think the answer was that it is expected to be operating towards the end of next year.