B.B.C. 2 Programmes (Stroud)

HC Deb 25 March 1965 vol 709 cc148-9W

Mr. Kershaw

asked the Postmaster-General what plans he has for making B.B.C. 2 programmes adequately available in the Stroud area.

Mr. Benn

Planning the extension of B.B.C.-2 coverage is a matter, in the first place, for the Corporation. They tell me that it is too early to say when reception of B.B.C.-2 in the Stroud area will become possible. A place which, like Stroud, lies outside the planned service area of a main U.H.F. Station, will be served by a low-power relay station. The location and provision of a relay station must, of course, wait until the effective range of its parent station has been established under operational conditions.