"David Looser" wrote in message
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"charles" wrote in message

Channel 5 could have had full national coverage with out all the messing
about we endured later. And, in some places there would have been space
for a local channel.

Are you telling me that anyone would have missed Channel 5 had we not had
it? I agree that they way it was introduced was a politically-inspired
mess, but the best option would have simply been never to have had it at
all. The other uses to which the VHF spectrum released by the end of the
405-line service have been of far greater value to the public than Channel
5 could have ever been. As for local TV, have you seen it in those
countries that have it?

I saw SixTV in Oxford which was dire by the end.

OK it started out well, with a very interesting wildlife series shot mainly
around Oxford, introduced by a very chirpy and enthusiastic presenter who
actually had a PhD in zoology so she knew what she was talking about, and a
motoring programme in which owners of classic cars demonstrated their cars.

However there were also endless repeats of cookery programmes and a local
news programme which was read by someone who looked like a rabbit caught in
the headlights :-)

What was amazing was how amateurish many of the programmes were, both with
the wooden presenters and the poor technical standards with horrendous
bright yellow blown highlights on most of the studio shots.