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The symbol shows the location of the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter which serves 470,000 homes.

Other maps:Hannington DABHannington AM/FMHannington regionBBC SouthMeridian (Thames Valley micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.


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Which Freeview channels does the Hannington transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C45 (666.0MHz)362m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One South, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C42 (642.0MHz)362m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Meridian (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C39+ (618.2MHz)362m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		50,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C41 (634.0MHz)362m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C44 (658.0MHz)359m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C47 (682.0MHz)359m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others



Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Hannington transmitter?


BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 46km south-southwest
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.5m homes 1.8%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 48km south
to ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) region - 9 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford

How will the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

years1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-18
aerial groupEEEB E KB E KW
600C32com7
C34com8
C35C5C5
C39BBC1BBC1BBC1+BBCB+BBCB+BBCB
C40+A
C41+DSDNSDNSDN
C42ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
C43+2
C44+CArqAArqAArqA
C45BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C46+B
C47ArqBArqBArqB
700C501
C51local
800C66C4C4C4

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 8th February and 22nd February 2012.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Reading could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Hannington transmitter using C51
  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Basingstoke could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Hannington transmitter using C51
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM9 UK-wide SFN

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 250kW
Analogue 5(-6.2dB) 60kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 25kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-11dB) 20kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-14dB) 10kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Dec 2006Meridian
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Hannington was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.


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Transmitter engineering
Monday 22 March 2010 9:34AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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carolyn
Thursday 1 April 2010 3:47PM
very poor or nil reception today on all analogue channels. Nil reception on digital. any ideas?
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Graeme
Monday 5 April 2010 9:51PM
Patchy signal from Sun 4th April. All channels before 10am. Lost Mux1 & 2 after 10am. Some returning. Retuned all TVs with mixed results at different freeview setups (int/ext devices).
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Alex
Sunday 11 April 2010 6:44PM
Hi When will we be able to receive Freeview HD from Hannington?
LutonFan
Sunday 11 April 2010 10:22PM
Alex- You should receive Freeview HD from Hannington on 1st March 2012.
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petersefton
Tuesday 13 April 2010 2:34PM Camberley
we live in camberley
since christmas 2009 we cant get freeview channels is there a problem are we in abad area WILL WE GET THEM IN 2012
Briantist
Tuesday 13 April 2010 6:11PM
petersefton: Yes, around March 2012, as it says above.
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Richard
Sunday 18 April 2010 4:26PM
Like many here, in the last few months, have lost many channels. Before we could receive all MUX with no problem.

First we lost all channels, after a couple of retunes, managed to get MUX1 channels no problem, but all others are patchy.

Some nights it is possible to watch other channels, but others the signal is too weak.

What has happened? Has someone pulled out a plug at the antenna?

Seriously considering moving over to Sky now.
Briantist
Sunday 18 April 2010 5:41PM
Richard: Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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Mike Hamm
Thursday 13 May 2010 3:44PM
We cannot recieve any stations in stratton st margaret swindon. screen shows "selected programme not tuned". do you have a problem at the transmitter ?.
Thanks.
Briantist
Thursday 13 May 2010 4:09PM
Mike Hamm: The Oxford transmitter is on fire, perhaps you are using that? It will be off until at least 7pm.
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Simon Dann
Monday 17 May 2010 10:24PM
In the last two days have had to retune our Tv twice. On both occasions we have lost many digital chanels. I'm all for change but this is becoming a joke !

The one thing I havn't mentioned is that we live in the RG14 area, about 7 miles from the Hannington mast.

When will this be sorted ?, or is digital a waste of time !


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R M Simpson
Tuesday 18 May 2010 11:18AM
No digital ITV or Channel 4 just now. Any reason?
Brian Gregory
Tuesday 18 May 2010 2:25PM
Simon Dann.
Nothing has changed recently at Hannington.
Delete all you channels by rescanning with no aerial connected are try doing only doing a manual tune on frequency channels 40,41,43,44,46 and 50.
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Simon Dann
Wednesday 19 May 2010 12:24AM
Thanks for the reply.

Did as you suggested and it sort of worked...On Monday 17th had 86 channels, now on Tuesday 18th have 99 channels but still no ITV1, Ch4, Five. Also have no way of doing a manual install on my Phillips Tv with built in Freeview.
Briantist
Thursday 20 May 2010 9:14AM
R M Simpson: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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TVTuner
Friday 21 May 2010 5:58PM Basingstoke
I have been to a number of customers that have, within the last couple of weeks, lost some channels - typically multiplex 43. Two of them I installed a year ago and both had good signals then. S/N ration has dropped to 21db and fluctuating. They all seem to be in a rough SE direction from the transmitter. Are we sure nothing has been done at Hannington?
Briantist
Saturday 22 May 2010 7:08AM
TVTuner: Yes, quite sure there is nothing "being done" at Hannington. It is quite possible that C43 also coming in from a distant transmitter.
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martinlf
Sunday 23 May 2010 11:11AM Camberley
In the last few weeks we have had poor to no signal on Mux 50 on Harrington.(BBC1, 2..) We get goodish signal on Mux 43 (ITV). Why has the signal on one Mux degenerated? I am in GU16
Briantist
Wednesday 26 May 2010 6:05PM
martinlf: Please can you see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 1 June 2010 9:34AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 1 June 2010 9:34AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 3 June 2010 11:39AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - nington Transmitter on 3 and 4 June 2010: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30hrs and 17:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to shutdown Digital services - n/a [DUK] Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 3 June 2010 11:39AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - nington Transmitter on 3 and 4 June 2010: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30hrs and 17:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to shutdown Digital services - n/a [DUK] Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Dave
Wednesday 9 June 2010 1:05PM Bradford-on-avon
Can a transmitter engineer please tell us if Mux A channel 43 will remain low, as we have a customer living in the dips of Monkton Farligh who is haveing signal problems.
All was ok, until 6-8 weeks ago, We installed a group E Aerial with new H/Q downlead last year.
Many Thanks
Briantist
Wednesday 9 June 2010 1:31PM
Dave: Mux A has been at that level since 1998, there is no current engineering work on the transmitter. The output will remain at this level until March 2012.

Can you have a look at www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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RickySauce
Wednesday 9 June 2010 3:54PM
Hi. I've just moved to Lychpit in Basingstoke. I have a Sony Freeview. When I auto-tune on analogue I get a halfway decent picture on BBC1 and BBC2, but poor reception for ITV and Channel 4. When I auto-tune in digital I received a whole load of channels (Five USA, ITV4 etc), but not ITV1 or Channel 4 at all. Any ideas as to why this is and what can I do. This is becoming very urgent for me with the world cup just days away!!!! Many Thanks, Rick.
Briantist
Wednesday 9 June 2010 8:23PM
RickySauce: I would check the suggestions on the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - I can't be more specific without a postcode.
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RickySauce
Thursday 10 June 2010 9:54AM Basingstoke
Thanks Briantist. My postcode is RG24 8YU. Do you think installation of a high-gain aerial would help? Can these be installed in the loft?
Thanks again.
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KMJ,Derby
Thursday 10 June 2010 11:33AM
Rickysauce: Are you receiving signals from Hannington (BBC South local news) or Crystal Palace(BBC London news)? If using CP I would certainly use a group A receiving aerial for best gain on required channels. The trouble with putting a high gain aerial in the loft, apart from losing a lot of signal as it passes through roofing materials is the ability to position it correctly for the best signal. Blake recomend that when loft mounting is the only option the aerial should be positioned as close to the roof as possible-not easy with larger arrays!
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TVTuner
Thursday 10 June 2010 1:42PM
A high gain roof aerial on Hannington should sort out your problems. Some parts of Lytchpit that are low lying have signal problems. Despite all the comments I, and other installers in the Bsingstoke area, have noticed a drop in signal on channel 43 over the last few weeks - coincidentally when the fire happened on the Oxford transmitter.
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RickySauce
Thursday 10 June 2010 3:12PM
Ok, thanks. Sounds like I need an expert to fit a high-gain aerial on the chimney then!
I will check regarding CP or Hannington tonight.
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RickySauce
Friday 11 June 2010 9:49AM Basingstoke
I checked last night and on BBC at about 7pm was London Tonight. Looks like I am tuned to CP right?
What difference does that make?
Thanks again.
Briantist
Friday 11 June 2010 11:48AM
RickySauce: It is most possible you are geting Freeview from www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview on Guildford TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice rather than Crystal Palace. Can you get some broadcast channel details and plug them into www.ukfree.tv link icon Find a Freeview transmitter by frequency | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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TVTuner
Friday 11 June 2010 2:34PM
A number of people in the Basingstoke area came from London so had London aerials installed instead of, or as well as, a Hannington aerial. If you look at the aerial on the roof - is it pointing towards Hook (London)or Daneshill (Southern)? The back of the aerial is where the grid is. Possibly you have two aerials. If that is the case then you need the London aerial removed and the combining infrastructure removed.
Your own conclusion is correct in that you need an aerial installer.
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Mike Dimmick
Saturday 12 June 2010 6:45PM
It was a nice day today so I decided to take a drive to Hannington village and walk up to the transmitting site.

Firstly, the current transmitting aerials for the digital muxes are fitted only on the north-west side of the mast and consist of three stacks of eight panels pointing southwest, northwest and northeast. Anyone to the southeast will never get a very good signal before switchover.

Secondly, there's no obvious sign as to what they've been doing so far. There is clearly work going on as there were plans for the contractors at the gate - adding a couple of new anchor blocks and guy cables so that they can use a cable-car to send people, and possibly also new aerials, aloft. I didn't see it though.

The Health and Safety Executive notification form was also up, with the project description: "Installation of new DSO antenna systems including replacement feeder cables and minor steelwork elements also involving working at height and mechanical/electrical lifting equipment." It gives the start date as 7 December 2009 and a duration of 46 weeks.

The final interesting notice was the planning application! Despite being a government mandate they still have to apply for permissions. The application number is BDB/71821 which you can find at Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council's planning site: planning.basingstoke.gov.uk link icon Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Planning Pages The detailed documents there show that they are going to replace the current cylindrical slot antenna on the top with a new 11-tier antenna of five panels per tier, and replace the current digital panels with a new 8-tier reserve antenna (12 panels per tier).

They can't put the reserve anywhere else on the mast as there are no gaps. It's completely full up with FM radio, DAB radio, assorted dishes, and receiving links from other transmitters (e.g. Rowridge) should the cable feeds fail. There's no plan of works available, but what I would expect is that the current cylinder is split into main and reserve. The digital signals could perhaps be moved temporarily to the reserve half (though they would then be omnidirectional?) and the current digital panels taken down. Then the new reserve could be fitted and all services moved to it, and then the old main cylinder taken down and the new main antenna fitted.

They can't erect a temporary mast because the site is within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which are largely protected against new developments. The comment from the AONB officer was to ask what colour the new panels would be, to make sure they were in keeping with the current character! (White.) (RG47SH)
Briantist
Sunday 13 June 2010 9:04AM
Mike Dimmick: Thanks for that.

Yes, we have no "national planning system" in the UK, all changes have to go though the local planning systems.
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Mike Dimmick
Sunday 13 June 2010 10:27AM Reading
TVTuner, RickySauce: DigitalUK's predictor won't give a prediction for Hannington, for you, right now. This is because Hannington doesn't actually radiate to the south east. You should use Crystal Palace.

After switchover, CP should be slightly better for PSB muxes and Hannington slightly better for COM muxes. Digital UK's trade predictor is based on the percentage of points within the 100 metre square centred on the address given which should have interference less than 1% of the time. The best transmitter to use will likely depend on where you site the aerial. It's likely to be harder to get good HD from Hannington, though.

On the subject of HD: Briantist, Digital UK are indicating that the HD mux (BBCB/PSB3) will start up on C39 at DSO day 2, and switch to C51 later in 2012. No specific dates yet, though. I'd want to get the new aerials aloft before making firm plans!
Briantist
Sunday 13 June 2010 10:35AM
Mike Dimmick: That move is not in the official Ofcom documents as yet, but is consistent with the "special moves" they have had to make in the southern bit of England.
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Lemonie
Sunday 13 June 2010 4:36PM
We live in Theale and seem to be having problems in the last few weeks with any non-bbc channels. Is anyone else in this area having similar issues? Any advice on how to fix?
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kate
Sunday 13 June 2010 9:57PM Basingstoke
as of friday night i have lost signal to all bbc related channels but all others are fine. it has north hants and berks as my transmitter when it used to be harrington. has it changed name or is there a fault at harrington and my transmission has moved? frequency 50 comes up then disappears over and over again, is there anyway to make it stick on another frequency as it keeps moving back to 50? rg21
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KMJ,Derby
Sunday 13 June 2010 11:38PM
kate: Instead of a transmitter name you now see a region or area name to identify the source of the signal. This was done to avoid confusion when a relay displayed the name of the parent transmitter.It sounds like there is a signal present on C50 but due to it being poor quality the receiver cannot find any channels.It may be that a signal from a distant transmitter-either analogue or digital is present in addition to the required signal,there is interference from a VCR, sky box or other equipment or the signal has become messy with multiple reflections.
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poshsimontemplar
Monday 14 June 2010 9:16PM
For the last few weeks all channels on DTV CH50 (BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 BBC News) from Hannington have broken up, and in the last 7 days are breaking up badly. I have reported this to the BBC engineering website by filling in the forms, but, no response, and, importantly, no difference in the signal. We're in the Swallowfield area of Berkshire. We've never had a good signal, but it's now gotten to the stage of being unwatchable.
Something's up.
Briantist
Wednesday 16 June 2010 5:32AM
poshsimontemplar: Bit hard to say without a postcode. I would look at Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Maureen Adger
Thursday 17 June 2010 9:11AM
Since Saturday 12th June, we have picture freezing and loss of sound on BBC1 and BBC2. This is on our Digital TV. Our old analogue TV works fine on all channels. We haven't changed anything so can you tell us why this is happening.
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David Taeger
Friday 18 June 2010 11:05AM Yateley
I live in Yateley, GU46 6ES and have been able to recieve all freeview channels for a few years now. Recently, the ITV,Channel 4 and all related channels have been very poor or non existenet. This seems to coincide with recent work done on the transmitter but I cannot be sure. What is sure is a very marked deteriation in reception on MUX 2 and MUX A in particular. Today, for example, there is no signal at all. Can you please advise what has happened and if this will be rectified.
Many thanks
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David Taeger
Saturday 19 June 2010 11:29AM
It would appear from my own questions and that of others that something is affecting the quality of signal from hannington transmitter on freeview in recent days. Early this morning all channels were working again but now (11:25am) there is no signal on ITV,Channel4,5 and all related MUX broadcasts. Analogue signals are fine. Can anyone there advise what is wrong or who to contact to get some response.
Than you
Transmitter engineering
Monday 21 June 2010 9:34AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 21 June 2010 9:34AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Anthony Burgess
Monday 21 June 2010 11:18AM
Hello,
Please can you inform me if I qualify
for a free view reduction grant I am a disabled person and been on full state benebifits for the last 13yrs.If I do can you
let me know the the people to contact.

Cheers,Tony Burgess.



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