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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY

Vintage photos supplied by Jonathan Orme
Colour photos by Peter Bigwood, James Pomfret and David Neale

Alexandra Palace Greater London
Site Owner: NGW NGR: TQ296900 Site Height: 93.3m Structure Height: 65.5m
Analogue TV: BBC1: 58  BBC2: 64  ITV1: 61  Ch4: 54   
Digital TV:          
BBC Radio:          
     
Ind. National Radio:    
Ind. Local Radio: Choice FM: 107.1  LGR: 103.3 
     
Digital Radio: BBC: 12B  Digital One: 11D  DRg London: 11B  Switch London: 12A  CE London: 12C 
Comments: Alexandra Palace is a relay of Crystal Palace
   

Ally Pally - as she is known to her friends - is, of course, the most historic television site in the country.

The Baird 240 line and Marconi-EMI 405 line systems were broadcast on alternate weeks from 2-Nov-1936 but the Baird system was dropped on 6-Feb-1937. Broadcasting continued until noon on 1-Sep-1939. During the war, the Alexandra Palace transmitters were used for electronic counter measures. Broadcasts resumed on the afternoon of 7-June-1946 with the EMI 405 line system.


Photo by James Pomfret


Photo by David Neale

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Links to other sites about Alexandra Palace
Direct Television from Alexandra Palace
The Birth of Television at Alexandra Palace
The Alexandra Palace Television Society

Marconi Calling
Alexandra Palace coverage area map | The Vision and Sound aerials

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