Back in 1952……
60 years ago the Post Office first launched TV detector vans.
Detector vans will pass slowly along roads and will be able to pin-point where receivers are in use. The units consist of three horizontal loop aerials fixed to the roof of a van which receives signals from TV sets and converts them to radio waves to give audio and video information.
TV detection officers will make doorstep inquiries as they go along.
According to Post Office estimates there were between 100,000 and 150,000 people watching television without a licence back in 1952.
Lord De La Warr, the Postmaster general, said people without licences were receiving free entertainment subsidised by those who had paid. He said he was determined to discover who the non-payers were, although he was sure many people had simply forgotten to get their licence.
"We are most unwilling to start a snoop campaign or to follow it up by prosecutions," he added.
However, recent figures revealed by tvlicencing.co.uk show that in 2011 almost 390,000 people across the UK were cought using a TV without a licence.
Clever little TV vans eh!
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