20 Years of Channel Five [Part One]

摘要

Channel 5 finally hit the airwaves on Easter Sunday, March 30th, 1997. It had lots of publicity right up to its introduction, but most of it was, alas, negative. These days, we take it for granted when a new TV station is coming on-air. In fact, the Freeview channel listings seem to change as often as the weather. Twenty years ago, Channel 5 arrived, but what was so special about it? It was the last analogue terrestrial TV channel to enter service on a national basis, although reception was limited in some areas of the country. Introducing the new network was quite an involved technical challenge. Channel 4 had commenced broadcasting in 1982 but, apart from difficulties some viewers might have tuning in the TV receiver, there had been no significant issues.