§ 62. Sir C. Osborneasked the Postmaster-General when the additional British Broadcasting Corporation 405 line station on Band III, which has been 49W designed to give improvement in reception in North Lincolnshire, will be built; if he will hasten this extra service; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr BevinsThe B.B.C. hopes to have its new Band III television station in East Lincolnshire ready about the end of next year. I have asked the B.B.C. whether it cannot hasten matters. The I.T.A.'s new Band III station will be at the same site, and the I.T.A. plan to build there a 1,250 ft. mast to a new design. The existing television services of the B.B.C. and the I.T.A. and the B.B.C's VHF sound services in Band II will all be radiated from this mast, from which in due course will be broadcast the B.B.C's second television programme on 625 lines in UHF and any further UHF programmes which may be authorised.