CROYDON TRANSMITTING STATION

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The 'Croydon transmitting station' (also known as the NTL Tower) is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located in Upper Norwood, London, England (), in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva. It was founded in 1955 and initially used a small lattice tower. The tower present on the site today is high and was built in 1962.
The Croydon Transmitter was originally used to broadcast the London ITV signal on VHF Band III. When UHF broadcasting began the nearby Crystal Palace Transmitter was used. VHF television was discontinued in 1985, and the Croydon Transmitter was not used again for regular TV broadcasting until 1997, when a new directional UHF antenna, designed to avoid interference with continental transmitters, was installed to carry the newly-launched Five in the London area. It still carries Five's analogue signal, although its digital terrestrial service uses Crystal Palace. Croydon also has reserve transmitters for ITV1 and Channel 4, but these are only used in the event of engineering works or a failure at Crystal Palace.
The site is also a maintenance base for transmitter teams and previously used to house one of four Regional Operations Centres or ROCs.

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Channels listed by Frequency

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Channels listed by Frequency

★ Analogue Radio (FM VHF)

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★ 95.8 MHz - Capital

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★ 97.3 MHz - LBC

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★ 100.0 MHz - Kiss 100

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★ 102.2 MHz - Smooth FM

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★ 105.4 MHz - Magic

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★ 106.2 MHz - Heart

★ Digital Radio (DAB)

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★ Block 11B: 218.64 MHz - DRg London

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★ Block 12C: 227.36 MHz - CE London

★ Analogue Television (PAL-I)

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★ UHF 23 (487.25 MHz) - ITV1 (backup to Crystal Palace)

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★ UHF 30 (543.25 MHz) - Channel 4 (backup to Crystal Palace)

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★ UHF 37 (599.25 MHz) - Five

See also

★ Wrotham Transmitter, Brookmans Park Transmitter and Droitwich AM transmitter for the main radio transmitters serving London on VHF, mediumwave and longwave respectively.

★ List of towers

★ List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain

External links

★ The Transmission Gallery: Croydon Transmitter photographs and information

★ BBCEng.info: Story of the rivalry between the ITA and the BBC to be the first to complete their transmitting towers in south London