Radio stations in Birmingham

Sutton Coldfield transmitting station

Coordinates: 52°36'02" N, 01°50'02" W ; Elevation: 167.7 m (550 ft); Tower height: 270.5 m (887 ft)
The Sutton Coldfield transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located in north Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham, England. On 17 December 1949, it became the first television transmitter to broadcast outside London and the Home Counties, bringing BBC Television to viewers outside of the south-east of England for the first time. A new mast was built around 1983 to replace the original structure, primarily to support new mixed-polarisation FM antennas. In terms of population covered, it is the second most important transmitter in the UK, after Crystal Palace in London.



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Droitwich transmitting station

Coordinates: 52°17'48" N, 02°06'19" W ; Elevation: 58 m (192 ft); Tower height: 213 m (699 ft)
The Droitwich transmitting station is a large broadcasting facility for longwave and mediumwave transmissions, established in 1934 in the civil parish of Dodderhill, just outside the village of Wychbold, which is near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. This transmission site is the location of the British Broadcasting Corporation's most powerful longwave transmitter, which is used for longwave transmission of BBC Radio 4 and Radio Teleswitch signal in a synchronised single frequency network (198 kHz), together with the two Scottish longwave stations at Burghead and Westerglen, broadcasting.



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