The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Whitby has no Freeview and isn't due to get it until around
September/October 2012.
is Whitby part of the UK?

Doesn't feel like it. No MacDonalds, Burger King, Marks & Spencers;
a couple of inches of snow and the only way out is by boat.

Obviously not enough people have money to spend on stuff they 'saw
advertised on telly' to make it worth while bringing it into the 20th
century, never mind the 21st.

Well, the perfectly decent TV transmitter on the cliff that served
the whole town and was well-placed to peer down into the valley
was deemed about to fall over the cliff, and was decommissioned.
The replacement transmitter is too far away to transmit into the
valley. We have to use FreeSat now.

When I walked past the old transmitter last week it was still a
good 50 feet away from the cliff. They could have kept it going
until a better replacement was built - or even built a
replacement on the same site, but further inland, but that
would prabably have spoiled the view of the Abbey from offshore.

JGH