mb21 - The Transmission Gallery

THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY

Photos by David Foord, Mike Smith, Steve Webster and Lee Mansfield

Sutton Coldfield

West Midlands

	NGR: SK113003		Site Height: 167.7m		Structure Height: 245.0m
Analogue TV:	BBC1: 46	BBC2: 40	ITV1: 43	Ch4: 50
Digital TV:	Mux1: 41	Mux2: 44	MuxA: 47	MuxB: 51	MuxC: 52	MuxD: 55
BBC Radio:	R1: 97.9	R2: 88.3	R3: 90.5	R4: 92.7
	BBC WM: 95.6
Ind. National Radio:	Classic FM: 100.1
Ind. Local Radio:	Heart FM (West Midlands): 100.7		BRMB FM: 96.4		Kerrang!: 105.2
	Smooth Radio (West Midlands): 105.7
Digital Radio:	BBC: 12B	Digital One: 11D	MXR West Midlands: 12A
Comments:

Sutton Coldfield, the UKs longest serving TV transmission site, is located 1-2 miles north of the town centre in the affluent suburb of Mere Green.

The original mast was the first built outside London, extending BBC TV coverage to a large part of the Midlands from 1949 onwards.

The original mast and Band I aerials	Photo by Lee Mansfield	Photos by Mike D Smith and David Foord	Photos by Tony Curley and Will Rittman
Photos by Mark Bridgewater	Photos by Rob Shufflebotham	Photos by Bill Wright	NEW DSO photos by Rob Shufflebotham
	Coverage area maps	Tales from a Cold Field Behind the scenes at Sutton Coldfield with former site engineer Ray Cooper