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25-11-2013, 14:15
Switch on for UK local TVNovember 25, 2013 11.07 Europe/London By Julian Clover UK MapComux UK has switched on the local TV Network Operations Centre (NOC) ahead of the launch of Estuary TV in Grimsby.The first station in the new wave of local TV stations will make its debut on Monday evening with a local news show premiering at 17.40 GMT.All local channels in England and Northern Ireland will be listed at position 8 in the programme guide. Following the closure of Gold on DTT, local channels in Scotland and Wales have been allocated LCN 26. Originally these services were scheduled to be listed at 45.A further 18 stations across the UK are preparing to go to air before the end of 2014, and an additional 28 are set to launch in the second phase in 2014/15.The local multiplex has sufficient capacity to broadcast three channels