Whitehaven: Day One
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Life after analogue
So how is life in Whitehaven after the first stages of switchover? Early reports indicate that overall, switchover has been a success, with the only major hiccough so far being that many receivers needed to be retuned multiple times after some confusion from residents that only Channel 5 was being displayed. The information packs handed out by Digital UK included detailed sections on the necessity of retuning and how to go about it.
The analogue signal that formerly carried BBC2 is now gone, with around 2000 Whitehaven homes losing the channel in the small hours of the morning. The remaining terrestrial channels, BBC1, ITV1, and Channel 4 are still showing, and are slated to be shut down on the 14th of November.
We’d like to hear from anyone in the Whitehaven area who took part in the switchover, their experiences and any difficulties they had getting set up.
