Croydon transmitting station

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Croydon
Height	152 metres (499 ft)
Built	1955, 1962
BBC Region	BBC London
ITV Region	ITV London

The Croydon transmitting station (also known as the NTL Tower) is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located in Upper Norwood, London, England (grid reference TQ332696), 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 152 metres (499 ft) 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.

Contents 1 Channels listed by Frequency 1.1 Analogue Radio (FM VHF) 1.2 Digital Radio (DAB) 1.3 Analogue Television 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Channels listed by Frequency

[edit] Analogue Radio (FM VHF)

• 95.8 MHz - Capital
• 97.3 MHz - LBC
• 100.0 MHz - Kiss 100
• 102.2 MHz - Smooth FM
• 105.4 MHz - Magic
• 106.2 MHz - Heart

[edit] Digital Radio (DAB)

• Block 11B - 218.64 MHz - DRg London
• Block 12C - 227.36 MHz - CE London

[edit] Analogue Television

• UHF 23 (487.25 MHz) - ITV1 London (backup to Crystal Palace)
• UHF 30 (543.25 MHz) - Channel 4 (backup to Crystal Palace)
• UHF 37 (599.25 MHz) - Five

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

v • d • e Buildings and structures in Croydon, England Highrises 100 George Street • Altitude 25 • Apollo House • Central One • Cherry Orchard Road Towers • Croydon Tower • Croydon transmitting station • Croydon Vocational Tower • Direct Line House • IYLO • Lunar House • Nestlé Tower • No.1 Croydon • Prudential House • Taberner House • Wellesley Square • Wettern House Notable lowrises Addington Palace • Airport House • Ashcroft Theatre • Bridge House • BRIT School • Croydon College • Croydon Clocktower (David Lean Cinema • Museum of Croydon • Croydon Central Library) • Croydon Grants • Cane Hill • Croydon Palace • Croydon Parish Church • Fairfield Halls • John Ruskin College • Mayday University Hospital • RAF Kenley • Ruskin House • Safari Cinema • The Exchange • Trinity School of John Whitgift• Warehouse Theatre Major railway stations East Croydon station • Norwood Junction station • Purley station • West Croydon station Major complexes Allders • Ashburton Learning Village • Centrale • Croydon Grants • Colonnades Leisure Park • Drummond Centre • Park Place • Purley Way • Whitgift Centre Sports venues Croydon Arena • Croydon Sports Arena • Croydon Water Palace • Selhurst Park Croydon Vision 2020 • List of tallest buildings and structures in Croydon

Coordinates: 51°24′35″N, 0°5′9″W