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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
STAGSHAW
| Photos by Peter Bigwood, Richard Moore, Michael Stott and David Neale | Page last updated: 2013-11-29 |
| The former BBC site at Stagshaw is located in Northumberland within convenient and easy reach of the small town of Corbridge, the A68 and Hadrian's Wall. |
| As the detail above shows, the site went into service on 19th October 1937 transmitting the BBC North Regional Programme on 1122 kHz, to north-east England and the Border counties |
| Michael Stott remembers: It's a pity as on the site now is a small hut and the mast, also a T antenna on two masts used when working on the main mast. They pulled down a beautiful stone building built in 1936-ish. You walked in through two big glass panelled iron doors through a tunnel with rooms and kitchen and toilets on each side then out into a large room with full length windows and a black lacquered floor you could see your face in. Two banks of water cooled transmitters and the original transmitter as standby. There was a large generator/power supply at the bottom of the hall with all the brass, copper and steel shining. To the left and right a beautiful brass railed stairway to the controller's office overlooking the whole floor. The walls had 1930 style half-shell lights and were on all the time. |
| Station History 19-Oct 1937 North Regional Programme in service on 1122 kHz, 60 kW. 1-Sep 1939 Replaced by Home Service (Northern group) on 767 kHz, 50 kW. 2-Mar-1941 Transmitter added for Forces Programme. 877 kHz, 2 kW. 29-Jul-1945 Return to peacetime broadcasting. North Home Service on 1050 kHz, 120 kW. Light Programme on 1149 kHz, 10 kW. 15-Mar-1950 Home Service frequency changed to 1151 kHz, 100 kW. Light Programme closed. Service transferred to Wrekenton. 29-Sep-1973 Home Service frequency changed to 908 kHz. 23-Nov-1978 Radio 1 on 1053 kHz, 50 kW. Radio 2 on 693 kHz, 50 kW. 27-Aug-1990 693 kHz re-assigned to Radio 5 30-Jun-1994 Radio 1 on 1053 kHz closed |
Investigation of the radiation from Stagshaw transmitter (1938)
Signal strength contour diagrams (1938)
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