Television City Bunbury owner Gary Russell said because the signal is not meant to go past Mandurah and can be effected by wind and temperature, it would be difficult for viewers to receive the signals.

“They may be able to catch some signal, but not enough to create a digital picture,” Mr Russell said.

Mr Russell said residents would have the same problems if new digital only stations were broadcast from Perth.

So far only one additional digital commercial station is planned for regional WA.

Networks GWN and WIN have joined together and applied to the Australian Communica-tions and Media Authority to bring the third station.

The station would air Ten programming.

ACMA is still considering the third station and when it would start broadcasting.

Digital signals of regional networks GWN and WIN are not expected in Bunbury until November next year.

WIN General Manager Ian McRae said WA is the last region for WIN to roll out the service and so far the process cost the network about $350 million.

Mr McRae said it was the intention of GWN and WIN to start the third service at the same time the stations go digital.

To watch digital television you must have a digital set-top box or digital television.

The analogue signal will be switched off by ACMA in 2013.