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“Holme Moss is the wildest place I’ve ever worked”
Published 14 October 2020
60 men battle the elements to bring BBCtv to the north of England in 1951
Building for Channel 4
Published 29 July 2020
A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s
BBC-2 transmitting stations
Published 15 May 2019
From the vaults: BBC-2 transmitters in service and planned in 1968
Factsheet 1966: ITA Engineering
Published 4 October 2018
An introduction to the ITV transmitter network in 1966
WHY the sets and aerials need to be altered
Published 20 August 2018
‘Professor’ A M Low explains to people who want the new ITV in 1955 just why they’ve got to change aerials and TV sets
In an ITA transmitting station
Published 19 July 2018
A simplified guide to how the pictures get from the studio to the transmitter to your home from 1966
Independent Television in 1959
Published 8 April 2018
Our new microsite takes a snapshot of ITV as it stood in the middle of 1959
BBC-2 transmitting stations
Published 27 March 2018
BBC-2 transmitters in service and planned in 1968
A Solid Step Forward
Published 12 March 2018
A look at how IBA transmitters were going solid-state in 1975
Breakdowns
Published 20 February 2018
Instructions for transmitter staff in the event of screens going blank
Receiving the ITA programmes
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
They work right on at the end of the road
Published 24 December 2016
Spare a thought for the men keeping the Lichfield transmitter on air at Christmas in 1964
Television Comes to the Centre of England
Published 17 December 2016
The Radio Times explains the technical achievements in building the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in 1949
Up on Emley Moor…
Published 1 December 2005
Former ITA Engineer David Lee’s story of the fateful day in 1969