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Articles about transmitters

Independent Television in 1959

Published 8 April 2018

Our new microsite takes a snapshot of ITV as it stood in the middle of 1959

Published 27 March 2018

BBC-2 transmitters in service and planned in 1968

Published 12 March 2018

A look at how IBA transmitters were going solid-state in 1975

Published 20 February 2018

Instructions for transmitter staff in the event of screens going blank

Published 17 July 2017

Rumours that ITV will be hard to receive swirl in March 1955. TV Mirror magazine tries to set the record straight

Published 30 May 2017

The work of the mobile maintenance teams in 1974

Published 24 December 2016

Spare a thought for the men keeping the Lichfield transmitter on air at Christmas in 1964

Published 17 December 2016

The Radio Times explains the technical achievements in building the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in 1949

Published 1 December 2005

Former ITA Engineer David Lee’s story of the fateful day in 1969