Amateur Television Station

From the collection of

MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

Amateur Television Station

Media Archive for Central England
Oldbury
1972-10-04
Sound
5m

Arthur Bevington from Warley in the West Midlands is obviously an enterprising man - it's not many people who have the skills to build their own television station. Operating from his home, Arthur has reconditioned equipment from ATV in Birmingham and managed to get his snappilly titled station G6AFV/T on the air. With film, video and live television available will nothing stop this new Midlands media mogul?

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