THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974
CHANGES IN TELEVISION CHANNELS
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DURING APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, THE TELEVISION TRANSMISSION
CHANNELS OF HKTVB'S OUTLYING TRANSMITTERS ARE BEING ALTERED
TO ENABLE NEW SERVICES TO BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL. -
THE REASON FOR THESE INTENDED CHANGES IS TO PROVIDE
TELEVISION VIEWERS WITH A CHOICE OF FIVE TELEVISION PROGRAMNES
(THREE IN CHINESE AND TWO IN ENGLISH) BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
YEAR AND WHICH CAN ALL BE RECEIVED CONVENIENTLY ON ONE TELEVISION
RECEIVING AERIAL. THESE NEV CHANNEL ALLOCATIONS WİLL ENABLE
RTV'S MAIN ENGLISH SERVICE TRANSMISSION TO COMMENCE FROM TEMPLE
HILL ON CHANNEL 27 DITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 22.
THE FIRST OF TVB'S CHANNEL CHANGES AFFECTING THE GOLDEN
HILL, STANLEY AND CALDECOTT ROAD TRANSMITTERS IS SCHEDULED TO
TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY CAPRIL 8) AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERUJING
THIS WAS HADE ON APRIL 1.
THE NEXT CHANGE WILL BE TO THE LAMMA ISLAND TRANSMITTER.
THESE CHANNEL CHANGES ARE OF INTEREST TO VIEWERS LIVING MAINLY
IN REPULSE BAY, POKFULAM AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PEAK,
THESE NEW CHANNELS WILL BE 49 FOR JADE AND 51 FOR PEARL.
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TO RECEIVE THESE, NEW CHANNELS TELEVISION RECEIVING AERIALS, IN
THESE AREAS ONLY, WILL HAVE TO BE TURNED SO THAT THE CROSS BARS
ARE VERTICAL TO THE GROUND AND NOT HORIZONTAL AS AT PRESENT. THE
TUNING DIAL ON RECEIVING SETS SHOULD THEN BE TURNED TO THE NEW
CHANNEL NUMBERS.
VIEWERS MAY