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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY

Photos by Matthew Powell, Richard Pepper and David Neale

The Wrekin Shropshire
Landlord: BBC NGR: SJ628082 Site Height: 387m Structure Height: 52m
Analogue TV: BBC1: 26  BBC2: 33  ITV1: 23  Ch4: 29  Ch5: 35 
Digital TV: Mux1: 21/39  Mux2: 31/49  MuxA: 24/42  MuxB: 27/45  MuxC: 53  MuxD: 57
BBC Radio:          
  Radio Shropshire: 96.0   
Ind. National Radio:    
Ind. Local Radio: Beacon Radio: 103.1   
     
Digital Radio: BBC: 12B  Digital One: 11D  NOW Wolverhampton: 11B  MXR West Midlands: 12A   
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Photos by
Matthew Powell


Photos by
Richard Pepper
Photos by
Ian Terrell		 Photos by
John A Butler

Coverage area maps
The above photo is taken from a BBC Handbook and shows The Wrekin in the mid-70s, shortly after it opened, devoid of the usual mobile phone and utilities aerial we are familiar with today. Mark Carver took this photo of the site a little more recently in September 1988. The Band II aerials are evident but the DTT aerials were not yet installed.
   


Photo by Derek Norry

Derek Norry says: "The Wrekin is our local Bit of a hill, at just over 1300 feet, a steady walk to the summit which provides superb views of the surrounding area including Wales , Cheshire, and Hereford and Worcestershire."

Since 1975 it as also provided TV (and later local radio) coverage for quite a chunk of the Welsh Borders.

 

More views "All around The Wrekin"
at Derek and Lynda's web site

Wrekin Wrangle (BBC Online)

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