§ 105. Mr. Cooper-Keyasked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he is aware that reception of television in the area of Hastings and Rye is exceptionally bad; the reasons for this fact; and what steps his Department are taking to ensure to subscribers in this district an efficient service.
§ Mr. GammansThe B.B.C. informs me that satisfactory reception in the area of Hastings and Rye is not normally possible since they lie well beyond the effective limits of service of the Alexandra220W Palace television transmitter. If it is decided to move from Alexandra Palace when the current lease expires, in 1956, the Corporation plans to site the new television transmitter so as to extend the coverage southwards to the coast, but until the new site has been finally settled it is not possible to say how far reception would be improved in any particular area.