HC Deb 06 April 1960 vol 621 cc50-1W
52. Mr. Mayhew

asked the Postmaster-General what action he is taking to lessen interference by foreign broadcasting stations to the British Broadcasting Corporation's medium wave transmissions.

Mr. Bevins

Representations are made to the authorities concerned, sometimes with good effect. But mutual inter-casting stations is a general problem ference between medium wave broad- throughout Europe: and it is largely for this reason that the B.B.C. has built up the very high frequency sound service, which is relatively immune from such interference. The V.H.F. sound service is already available to about 97 per cent. of the population.