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The Wrekin transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on The Wrekin, a hill in the county of Shropshire, England.^[1]

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Buildings and structures in Shropshire

Antenna (radio)

In radio engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver.

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Arqiva

Arqiva is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities in the United Kingdom.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC National DAB

BBC National DAB is a digital audio broadcasting multiplex in the UK, for a number of radio stations which have UK wide coverage.

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BBC One

BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Radio Shropshire

BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC West Midlands

BBC Midlands (known as the Midland Region from 1927 until c. 1974) is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Channel 5 (British TV channel)

Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK and Australia division.

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Digital 3&4

Digital 3&4 is the operator of the PSB2 multiplex for digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.

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Digital One

Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva.

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Digital radio

Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum.

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Digital television transition

The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is converted to and replaced by digital television.

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Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content in a digital format.

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DVB-T

DVB-T, short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in Singapore in February 1998.

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DVB-T2

DVB-T2 is an abbreviation for "Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial"; it is the extension of the television standard DVB-T, issued by the consortium DVB, devised for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.

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Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire

Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Birmingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network.

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ITV Central

ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.

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List of tallest towers

This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support." This definition excludes continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts.

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Oswestry

Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves.

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S4C Digital Networks

SDN (S4C Digital Networks) is a company that operates one of the six multiplexes of channels on digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.

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Shrewsbury

("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Sound Digital

Sound Digital is a semi-national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva, Bauer Media Group and News Broadcasting.

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Telecommunications

Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.

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Telford

Telford is a town in Shropshire, England. The Wrekin transmitting station and Telford are Telford and Wrekin.

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The Wrekin

The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England. The Wrekin transmitting station and The Wrekin are Telford and Wrekin.

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Winter Hill transmitting station

The Winter Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site on Winter Hill, at the south eastern boundary of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, and above Bolton. The Wrekin transmitting station and Winter Hill transmitting station are transmitter sites in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrekin_transmitting_station

Also known as The Wrekin Transmitter.