22-01-2024, 01:10 PM
Yes that is the video I remember seeing, can't find it now. There is a large lattice tower next to their studios which I think was for their microwave links.
Westcountry were first with PDC and also ancillary (p600) teletext. The first time I saw Westcountry was on holiday (to Wales oddly enough) in summer 1993 and they already had theirs up and running, long before Carlton and LWT had theirs.
The attitude to PDC would have been up to the decision of the lead engineer of the station, so playout provider is irrelevant, they provided what their customer asked for.
Yes the accidental early broadcast of Westcountry was because both were available at the transmitters. I wonder if they put the new distribution on a switch alongside the existing, and then it was changed too early? They might even have put them either side of an auto changeover as main/reserve for the changeover. I can't imagine sending staff to the sites on new years eve to do the changeover was a good plan
Westcountry were first with PDC and also ancillary (p600) teletext. The first time I saw Westcountry was on holiday (to Wales oddly enough) in summer 1993 and they already had theirs up and running, long before Carlton and LWT had theirs.
The attitude to PDC would have been up to the decision of the lead engineer of the station, so playout provider is irrelevant, they provided what their customer asked for.
Yes the accidental early broadcast of Westcountry was because both were available at the transmitters. I wonder if they put the new distribution on a switch alongside the existing, and then it was changed too early? They might even have put them either side of an auto changeover as main/reserve for the changeover. I can't imagine sending staff to the sites on new years eve to do the changeover was a good plan
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