The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is a broadcasting transmitter based at Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham, England (Grid reference SK113003). On December 17, 1949, it became the first television transmitter to broadcast outside London and the Home Counties, bringing BBC Television to viewers outside of the south-east of England for the first time. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Map sources for Sutton Coldfield at grid reference SP1395 Sutton Coldfield constituency shown within Birmingham Sutton Coldfield is an area of north-eastern Birmingham, England and is home to two of the foremost Residential Estates in the Midlands, Little Aston Park and the Four Oaks Estate, both home to the... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Antenna tower of Crystal Palace transmitter, London A transmitter (sometimes abbreviated XMTR) is an electronic device which with the aid of an antenna propagates an electromagnetic signal such as radio, television, or other telecommunications. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The phrase Home Counties is a name for the group of English counties which border London. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ...

A new mast was built around 1983 to replace the existing structure, primarily to support new mixed-polarisation FM antennas. With a mast height of 242 metres (794ft), it is one of the most powerful transmitters in England, powered at 1000 kilowatts for analogue television. The coverage extends as far south as Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire and as far north as Stoke On Trent. However, there are many relay transmitters around the Midlands that extend the coverage even further. A mast is a pole which holds a sail of a boat, see mast (sailing). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... Chipping Norton refers to two places Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom Chipping Norton, Sydney, a suburb in inner Sydney This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... The city of Stoke-on-Trent (also known as The Six Towns and The Potteries) is a city in The Midlands, United Kingdom. ... In general, the midlands of a territory are its central regions. ...

The transmitter broadcasts UHF analogue and six digital television multiplexes, as well as VHF or FM transmitters for the four BBC national and local radio stations, three independent local radio stations and the BBC DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio). This article is about the radio frequency. ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... Multiplex may mean: Multiplex (comics), a DC Comics character. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form that was designed in the late 1980s. ...

An MF transmitter for Radio Birmingham (now Radio WM) used to be installed at this site, but could only be operated at 5 kW instead of the planned 10 kW because of interference to video equipment on the site. It was eventually replaced with a transmitter at the nearby Langley Mill MF site owned by Arqiva. This transmitter is currently used for the BBC Asian Network. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ...

The station is now owned by National Grid Wireless, a subsidiary of National Grid Transco, based in Warwick. National Grid Wireless (formerly Crown Castle UK) is a company which provides telecommunications infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the UK. Its main customers are broadcasters and mobile phone network operators, and its main asset is a network of over 1,000 radio masts and towers. ... National Grid Transco was a United Kingdom based company born out of the merger between National Grid Company plc and Lattice Group plc in October 2002. ... Map sources for Warwick at grid reference SP2865 Warwick (pronounced warrick ) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). ...

See also

• List of masts

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External links

• Grid reference SK113003
• Coverage area map
• Entry in the Transmission Gallery
• Tales From a Cold Field