Not sure if I've said this before but all the lanterns in the Blackpool PFI are using RF switching.I take this is including the promanade from that mirrorball thing to Bispham, probably to somewhere below Cleveleys. I wonder if RF switching is used for the illuminations.
No, and no. The Prom has not been Evolo-ed yet apart from a short stretch between Coral Island and Central Pier which has a bizarre mixture of SON and CPO Evolos and a short bit where there are SON Evolos on one side of the road only outside the Imperial Hotel, also there is one casual replacement SON Evolo near Norbreck Castle which has a control node on it (but no other Evolos anywhere near it at present). Some Evolos have appeared around the Anchorsholme area now too, these are CPO. Only the new Evolo, Piano or Cabrio PFI lanterns have RF switching, no existing lanterns have been altered.
As for the Illuminations, these are switched on by a computer in the Blackpool Transport depot, believe it or not! When they are 'turned on' by Keith Lemon on Friday night an engineer will be in the depot listening to the countdown on the radio before hitting the button at the same time Keith does!