'What's going on?' Puzzled Horsham residents query chaotic TV reception

Sarah Page
By Sarah Page
Published 10th Oct 2023, 11:04 BST
Updated 10th Oct 2023, 11:05 BST
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What is going on? That’s the question residents in Horsham are asking following reports of chaotic TV reception.

People throughout the district have been experiencing loss of television signals over the past week – leaving some unable to watch any programmes.

Residents in Southwater, Billingshurst, Coldwaltham, Roffey, Ashington, Rudgwick, Amberley, West Chiltington, Pulborough, Petworth and Storrington, as well as Horsham, are among those reporting problems.

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Many have taken to social media expressing their frustration. One resident said: “We’ve had no terrestrial digital TV signal worth mentioning all weekend and the reception we did get was not HD. What’s going on?”

Residents across the Horsham district are reporting chaotic problems with TV reception. Photo: PixabayResidents across the Horsham district are reporting chaotic problems with TV reception. Photo: Pixabay
Residents across the Horsham district are reporting chaotic problems with TV reception. Photo: Pixabay

Many are cross at suddenly losing their live TV favourites such as Strictly Come Dancing and the Rugby World Cup.

Another said: “You can be watching for a few hours then it keeps breaking up, then ‘bad signal’ comes up then ‘channel no longer available.’ It did the same last night with BBC channels. Now it seems to be happening with all on Freeview.”

Radios are also reported to be affected. Another resident said: “The signal keeps dropping on the TV but I’ve also had the radio station change to a French channel.”

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