| The Oxford site is located
near the village
of Beckley, a few miles North-East of Oxford city centre. |
This sign is outside the
drive of a local resident, helpfully directing lost and disorientated
transmitter engineers away from his own nearby property. |
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Initially home to a low power BBC 405-line relay from 29-Jan-1962, the site was subsequently chosen for high power UHF transmission.
The new 500ft mast entered BBC2 programme service on 17-Feb-1968, with BBC1 & ITV following in June 1970.
This site was on time for the launch of both Channel 4 & Channel 5, although in the case of the latter the power is only 8% of the other services from an aerial 54m lower.
The Oxford area is well known for multiple
coverage overlap with fringe reception possible from
Crystal Palace, Sandy Heath &
Hannington respectively.
As well as the terrestrial tv networks, the
station also transmits the local (low power) RSL station, the Oxford
Channel,
local and network BBC radio, and Classic fm. |
