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Crystal Palace transmitting station

The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England (grid reference TQ339712).[2] It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter operated by John Logie Baird from 1933.[3]

Tower height

219 metres (719 ft)[1]

March 28 1956

The station is the eighth-tallest structure in London, and is best known as the main television transmitter for the Greater London area and parts of the surrounding Home Counties. As such, it is the most important transmitter in the UK in terms of population covered. The transmitter is owned and operated by Arqiva.

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List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain

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List of famous transmission sites

Radio masts and towers

Lattice tower

Burns, R. W., British Television: The Formative Years, IET (1986),  0-86341-079-0

ISBN

Evans, R. H., The Crystal Palace FM filler experiment, British Broadcasting Corporation, Division of Engineering, Research and Development Department (1996), ASIN B0018RJ1ZY

The Transmission Gallery: Crystal Palace Transmitter photographs and information

Pictures and info on Crystal Palace, including co-receivable transmitters

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"Crystal Palace Transmitter"

Crystal Palace Transmitter at thebigtower.com

Pictures (including inside the transmitter buildings) at The Triangle