Now that the nights are drawing in and the evenings getting cooler, what could be better than to put your feet up in front of the television.

However, if you receive your signal from the relay transmitter sited in Wyke Regis, then your selection of channels is somewhat limited. Compare this to Dorchester, for example, who receive their transmissions direct from the Isle of Wight transmitter at Rowridge.

The service from Wyke hosts only a fraction of the Freeview channels that are available, as opposed to those from Rowridge who transmit the total Freeview service.

It also begs the question as to why we pay for a full television licence and yet receive a minority of channels compared to our close neighbours over the Ridgeway in Dorchester?

I have bitten the bullet and recently purchased a Freesat system that hosts the Freeview channels plus more, which is the only way I can view Yesterday, Dave and many other stations that are not available in Weymouth unless you are a Sky TV subscriber.

And while I am on my soap box, something that has grated with me for years is when my late father bought the families first TV back in the 1950s, we received our television from BBC and ITV in Southampton. I remember presenters Jack Hargraves, Ollie Kite, Fred Dineage, who is still there, Bunty James and more. However, the signal was often wiped out in the summer by interference from France.

Then we were told that it was all going to be ok because a relay transmitter was going to be constructed in Wyke and low and behold it was in the late 1960s. Then came the day of changeover and to our surprise we got BBC and Westward Television in Plymouth.

As a sports fan I had little interest in what goes on at Plymouth Arglye, Torquay United or Exeter City and still don't, but Southampton, Bournemouth and Brighton are all established Premiership clubs now so I for one wish we had stuck with our television from Southampton.

Idris Martin

Hanover Road

Weymouth