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28 May 1962
- The Oxford site started transmitting four BBC VHF/FM services (the BBC Light Programme, BBC Third Programme, BBC Home Service, Midlands, and BBC Home Service, South & West) on 28 May 1962.
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The station was originally constructed by the BBC during the early 1960s to provide the BBC's VHF/FM national and regional radio networks and the BBC-TV service on 405-line VHF to the city of Oxford and the surrounding area.
The transmitter was in service for the BBC from November 1922 until April 1925, at which point a replacement transmitter of nearly twice the power but still with the callsign 2LO took over at the Selfridges building in London’s Oxford Street.
Nov 10, 2021 · 99 years ago this week, on 14 November 1922, the BBC broadcast its first programme, and daily transmission from London’s 2LO studio began. The first broadcast was read by Arthur Burrows, known as Uncle Arthur. Having previously held a position as a journalist for the Oxford Times, Burrows joined the BBC as Director of Programmes.
The BBC's first FM radio station opened on 2nd May 1955 at Wrotham in Kent, broadcasting all three networks to London and the South East of England. Pontop Pike for the North East and Wenvoe for South Wales and the West of England followed on the 20th December.
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From September 1929 these experiments, broadcast after radio had closed down for the day, were routed via the BBC's 2LO medium wave transmitter located in Selfridges department store in...
7 October – The new high-power long-wave transmitter at Droitwich takes over from Daventry 5XX as the main station radiating the BBC National Programme. The BBC broadcasts a Tuning Signals" for the first time. It was a simple line and circle broadcast using Baird's 30-line system, and was used to synchronise the mechanical scanning system ...
Dec 17, 2016 · From the Radio Times published 9 December 1949. On Saturday, December 17, television takes a giant stride forward when the BBC begins broadcasting from Sutton Coldfield — the world’s most powerful television transmitter. Here, Sir Noel Ashbridge tells you something about the transmitter and, what is very important, its expected service area ...
