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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY

Bude Cornwall NGR: SS233069 Maps: Google  Streetmaps (Ord Surv)   Site Height: 85.3m       Structure Height: 36.6m Digital TV: Analogue TV: National Radio: Local Radio: Digital Radio: Comments: Former BBC 1 VHF TV site

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The first three photos of the 405-line VHF tv relay for Bude in NW Cornwall were taken in 1966. The site went into service on 28-Nov-1966 and closed on 4-Jan-1982. The BBC Equipment Department mobile workshop seen here was used at that time on many of the remote sites. Although Bude was a relay of North Hessary Tor, on this occasion the team were installing a temporary channel 1 aerial for the reception of Redruth.

The site closed on 4th January 1982 and later the tower was dismantled. The grid reference for the site - SS233069 - leads you to Pollards Way in Stratton and the only evidence that there had once been a transmitter site here is a small concrete building with a vent in the side.

Bude (Stucley Road)

BBC RD: Summary of installation

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