05-04-2023, 10:41 PM
(05-04-2023, 08:51 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: That's really interesting, thanks! Had TVS abandoned separate South/South East presentation by 1992 or did both services originate from Soton?
I assume Soton had non-Tower circuits from Maidstone, otherwise how did the programme go out locally?
Good question and I don’t know the answer to your specific point, my diagram only relates to ‘IBA vision and sound network rented from British Telecom’. Possibly TVS Soton might have used a BT protection circuit for the Comms playout from LWT? Norwich is shown to have only one in and one out and might/would face a similar problem?
I very clearly recall during the Thursday morning network trailer exchange (so similar to the Saturday comms exchange) that sometimes the exchange would be paused for a few minutes occasionally awaiting some circuits somewhere to be cleared/re-configured indicating lines provision could be ‘tight’ at times. Sorry I can’t give much detail.
I should point out for completeness that there were additional rented circuits for the national distribution of C4 and S4C.
Edited to add. Presentation of the SE region from Maidstone did not last very long and by 1992 had long since been pulled back to Soton. I will ask my wife, she used to do it.