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No local programming for TFM at all in fact. The station was essentially closed down, and now just relays Metro Radio from Newcastle, albeit with split idents to retain the TFM name.

Border TV had their studios in Carlisle, on Eastern way. Did they have newsrooms elsewhere in their region? I'm also pretty sure the BBC has some sort of studio in Galashiels.

That's what I meant by Bauer trashing it.

ILR in the 70s and 80s was a textbook model of commercially funded PSB radio. The 1991 Broadcasting Act changed all that. Glad to have lived through that era, but everything changed during the 90s.

All that prevents ITV from abandoning its PSB commitments is that crown jewel of being third from top on the EPG

Don't they still get 1/2 (or just under) of PSB2 as gifted spectrum too? That's got to be worth something...

What happened with PSB2 on switchover? Originally D3+4 was something like 49.5% ITV and Channel 4 with the remaining being Teletext's. Now they've gone and Channel 5 were given a place. How is it managed and carved up now?

From memory, PSB2 housed the main ITV and Channel 4 services and their offshoots as part of the obligation for their licence. Channel 5 managed to gain a slot - by virtue of gaining maximum coverage by switchover.

Teletext's removal, and other Text services (including the defunct Rabbit services) and Heart were moved to COM4, freeing up further space for an extra two streams (for Film4 and ITV4).

For the record, ITV's half of course has ITV/+1/2, as well as having Channel 5 to maintain maximum coverage as I've mentioned. ITV4 gained prominence over ITV3 thanks to the various sporting events it shows.

Channel 4 and it's more popular offshoots fill the remaining half of PSB2 as usual.

So channel 5 took one of ITV bandwidth rather than a bit of ITVs and a bit of Ch4s?

And ITV also lost out by having their SDN mux relegated to a commercial Mux rather than a PSB?

Although in the Channel TV region ITV+1 isn't carried (presumably because CTV can't afford the server provision) so ITV 3 is carried on PSB2 instead (along with ITV 4) . Only PSB 1/2/3 are available on the islands. And PSB3 lacks any form of 'ITV' HD

In Wales S4C is carried on PSB2, at the expense of E4 which is on COM4 there

Didn't all that start to kick off when the SDN was effectively run down, and emptied, before being reborn in DVB-T2 as PSB 3 (to carry HD) ?

You're thinking BBC B, that became PSB3 which carries the main 5 channels in HD amongst others.

Doh ! Yes, you're quite right. SDN became COM4, ta !