03-04-2023, 12:33 AM
(02-04-2023, 06:22 PM)Si-Co Wrote: Jumping on the routing issue, did every station (except Channel) have the facility to network a programme to everyone else? It appears that sometimes a programme went from the originating station to the rest of the network via THS/LWT. Did it make a difference whether or not the show was live?
I'm sure somebody will correct this, but my understanding is:
Every station had "local ends" to BT, once in BT's network it could be routed as required.
Sometimes it was convenient (and cheaper as BT charged for each switch) to have one company act as a switching point to save on switches or make things operationally more convenient when successive items came from different parts of the network. Often THS/LWT but weekday mornings would have everything going through Granada for example (the 9.25 junction would be tricky otherwise), and of course ATV/Central handled Schools and CITV.
See routinesheetsdatabase.co.uk you'll see notes about how individual programmes were networked.
In the case of this example I can't think why Maidstone wouldn't have been direct to network (or via Southampton) rather than via LWT.