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Articles about transmitters
The Authority’s Stations: introduction
Published 5 May 2023
The first part of a weekly series on the ITV transmitters in 1962
Technical operations
Published 27 January 2023
The technical side to getting television to your home… and to the transmitter
BBC transmitters in 1965/6
Published 15 August 2022
BBC Technical Information maps of VHF and MW transmitters
In tune with Channel 4
Published 4 July 2022
The Channel 4 main transmitter network is complete, but there’s more to do
Welcome to the NEW Region…
Published 21 January 2022
Television comes to the Midlands in 1949 and here’s all you need to know about the new Sutton Coldfield transmitter
The ITA transmitter network
Published 5 November 2021
Comparative maps of VHF and UHF coverage from the Independent Television Authority
To the North
Published 10 May 2021
A twisty tale of how to get two- and three-way networking established for ITV in the 1950s
Hopes of Yorkshire television
Published 8 February 2021
No, not that Yorkshire Television. This is the first television for Yorkshire, the BBC, which could be on air by 1950
Continental television stations
Published 23 December 2020
A look at how television facilities have developed across Europe in 1967
“Holme Moss is the wildest place I’ve ever worked”
Published 14 October 2020
60 men battle the elements to bring BBCtv to the north of England in 1951
Building for Channel 4
Published 29 July 2020
A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s
Factsheet 1966: ITA Engineering
Published 4 October 2018
An introduction to the ITV transmitter network in 1966
WHY the sets and aerials need to be altered
Published 20 August 2018
‘Professor’ A M Low explains to people who want the new ITV in 1955 just why they’ve got to change aerials and TV sets
In an ITA transmitting station
Published 19 July 2018
A simplified guide to how the pictures get from the studio to the transmitter to your home from 1966
Independent Television in 1959
Published 8 April 2018
Our new microsite takes a snapshot of ITV as it stood in the middle of 1959
BBC-2 transmitting stations
Published 27 March 2018
BBC-2 transmitters in service and planned in 1968
A Solid Step Forward
Published 12 March 2018
A look at how IBA transmitters were going solid-state in 1975
Breakdowns
Published 20 February 2018
Instructions for transmitter staff in the event of screens going blank
Receiving the ITA programmes
Published 17 July 2017
Rumours that ITV will be hard to receive swirl in March 1955. TV Mirror magazine tries to set the record straight
They work right on at the end of the road
Published 24 December 2016
Spare a thought for the men keeping the Lichfield transmitter on air at Christmas in 1964
Television Comes to the Centre of England
Published 17 December 2016
The Radio Times explains the technical achievements in building the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in 1949
Up on Emley Moor…
Published 1 December 2005
Former ITA Engineer David Lee’s story of the fateful day in 1969