31-10-2017, 02:32 PM
Seems the BBC had nabbed nearly all the best band 1 sites by 1956 & it had just about covered the country by then. Maybe if ITV had started a few years earlier it could have had a few band 1 stations as well. Understand the BBC wasn't allowed on band 3 till mid 1960's, but Winter Hill ch 12 & Wenvoe ch 13 were already covered by band 1 TX's but were needed for regional/local news opt outs AFAIK. I don't suppose Belmont could have ever been a band 1 TX as band 1 was choco block full & ready to burst when it fired up in mid 60's..
