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Erewash Sound now on Air on 96.8FM.

This Community Radio station broadcasts from Bennerly Business and Enterprise College in Ilkeston with a transmitter on the roof of the Ilkeston Co-op. The station is for the Erewash Borough and covers the major towns of Ilkeston and Long Eaton and broadcasts 24 hours per day. It is run by volunteers from a studio in the school. From September it will be based in new studios in the Colleges new Media Centre which is currently being built.

Digital Switchover - East Midlands

Waltham Transmitter

Wednesday 30th March 2011
ITV-1 swaps to C64. BBC TWO C61 closes. PSB1 starts on C61.

Wednesday 13th April 2011
BBC One C58 closes. BBC Two C64 closes. Channel 4 C54 closes. FIVE C35 closes. Mux 1 C49 closes. Mux 2 C23 closes. Mux A C26 closes. Mux B C33 closes. Mux C C45 closes. Mux D C42 closes.
Freeview power increases from 7,333 W to 37,500 W, 5 times stronger.
PSB2 starts on C54. COM4 starts on C29. PSB3 starts on C58. COM5 starts on C56. COM6 starts on C57. NEW8 starts on C59. NEW7 starts on C55.

Sutton Coldfield

Wednesday 6th April 2011
ITV-1 swaps to C40. BBC TWO C43 closes. PSB1 starts on C43.

Wednesday 20th April 2011
BBC One C46 closes. BBC Two C40 closes. Channel 4 C50 closes. Mux 1 C41 closes. Mux 2 C44 closes. Mux A C47 closes. Mux B C51 closes. Mux C C52 closes. Mux D C55 closes.
Freeview power increases from 8,000 W to 200,000 W, 25 times stronger.
PSB2 starts on C46. COM4 starts on C42. PSB3 starts on C50. COM5 starts on C45. COM6 starts on C49. NEW8 starts on C29. NEW7 starts on C51.

Nottingham Transmitter

Wednesday 13th April 2011
BBC One C21 closes. ITV-1 C24 closes. Channel 4 C31 closes. FIVE C34 closes. Mux 1 C39 closes. Mux 2 C67 closes. Mux A C53 closes. Mux B C63 closes. Mux C C29 closes. Mux D C59 closes.
Freeview power increases from 40 W to 400 W, 10 times stronger.
PSB2 starts on C24. COM4 starts on C51. PSB3 starts on C21. COM5 starts on C52. COM6 starts on C48. NEW7 starts on C62.

Freeview HD

The current HD transmissions from the Litchfield Transmitter are not available in most of the East Midlands. This is because the radiation of the signal is restricted in a northern direction as it is on the same transmission frequency as Channel 5 from the Nottingham Transmitter (Ch. 34). This is be rectified when digital switchover occurs and the channels are changed and the power increased.

Other Ways of Receiving HD Channels

HD is available from Sky TV, Virgin Media (in some places) and Freesat.

 

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