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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
DROITWICH
| Photos by Alexander Heath and David Foord | Page last updated: 2026-05-19 |
| The Droitwich site is considered to be one of the most important in the country because it transmits the Radio 4 Long Wave service. This high power (500 kW) transmission can be heard throughout most of England, Wales and Ireland and also in parts of Western Europe. There are two other 198 kHz Long Wave transmitters in Scotland at Westerglen and Burghead providing the R4 service there. Long Wave transmissions have a high degree of penetration but reception is very prone to interference. The carrier frequency of the Droitwich Long Wave transmitter is a long established frequency standard (until 1-Feb-1988 it was 200kHz) and is carefully monitored by the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, Middx. |
| Cutting from NewsLink Feb/March 1988. (MCSL journal). Droitwich was the fifth transmitter site opened as part of the BBC's regional scheme, replacing both the long wave 5XX, and medium wave 5GB transmitters at Daventry. |
Burghead | Chase Farm | Daventry | Westerglen
Long Waves Live On (Radio and Electronics World Feb 1985 p34-36)
Midland Regional (5GB) Aerial, Droitwich. BBC RD 1934
Reception of Droitwich in Scotland. BBC RD 1935
Service area boudaries of the London, Midland, North & West Regional Transmitters. BBC RD (1935)
Midland Regional (Droitwich) Aerial system and field strength measurements. BBC RD 1935
Blaw-Knox mast at Droitwich. BBC RD 1944
Synchronisation of the Radio 4 transmitter chain on 200 kHz. BBC RD 1979
Ottringham. BBC website article
History of Droitwich
Droitwich Technical Instructions Feb 1937
Droitwich BBC booklet 1934
National Physical Laboratory
Tricks of the Trade - UK LF broadcast sites and services, including Droitwich (Signal Issues 74 - 78)
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