HC Deb 23 June 1964 vol 697 c39W
Mr. P. Browne

asked the Postmaster-General if all the Stage III stations to improve television reception in the West Country will be completed by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1964 as planned; and when there will be visible and audible television in the Bideford area.

Mr. Bevins

The B.B.C. tell me that they hope to bring their television and V.H.F. sound station at Okehampton into service next month. However the siting of their Barnstaple station, which is intended to serve Bideford, has thrown up unexpected technical problems; and the Corporation regret that they will not now be able to open this station before next year.