§ 86. Mr. J. Lewisasked the Postmaster-General if the opening of the new television station at Birmingham will be delayed because of the failure to provide the necessary steel for the mast; and on what date he now anticipates that this station will be opened.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingNo, Sir. As already announced, the B.B.C. hopes that the station will be in operation in the autumn of 1949.
§ Mr. J. Lewisasked the Postmaster-General what frequency and what wavelength will be used by the Birmingham television station.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe frequencies to be used by the B.B.C. Midland television station at Sutton Coldfield are 61.75 megacycles for vision and 58.25 megacycles for sound. Expressed as wavelengths these are respectively 4.86 metres and 5.15 metres.
§ Mr. J. Lewisasked the Postmaster-General what quantity of steel is required for the provision of the new mast for the television station at Birmingham; if the allocation of steel has already been made; and when it is anticipated that the new mast will be available for erection.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe B.B.C. informs me that 123 tons of steel are required for the mast for the television broadcasting station at Sutton Coldfield. The required allocation has been made and the provisional date for the mast to be ready for erection is March, 1949.