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Originally Posted by Richard_FM
I heard of someone's gran who kept watching Look North from Holme Moss for years after the BBC's North West service moved to Winter Hill. I presume she missed the announcements of the change, or reception on channel 12 wasn't good where she lived.
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That was normal in the Manchester area when I lived, and worked in the trade.
If you already had a combined Band I/III aerial for channels 2&9, the Manchester local news & weather opt-outs provided insufficient incentive to upgrade to one that covered channel 12, consequently many viewers never got a decent ITV picture from WH until they upgraded to UHF.
Also, this may sound bizarre, many VHF tuners placed 2 & 9 next to each other which the viewer found convenient and might not be ****ed to clunk round to 12 even if reception was good.
I had quite forgotten that some Thorn 1400's had the "U" position in-between 2&9, that would have placed a lot of unnecessary strain on the system switch and solenoid circuit.