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IN the presence of representatives of the Press, the new B.B.C. transmitting station at Droitwich was formally opened on September 6, to take over a part of the National broadcasting programme, This station will ultimately provide a full national programme from the long-wave transmitter which is now working, and also a regional service for the Midlands from a medium wave transmitter which will be completed in about six month's time. The programme transmitted from the new station on the opening day was heard in London very clearly, and its volume was considerably greater than that of the London National transmitter at Brookman's Park. It is expected that the new long-wave station will give a service of such quality over so large an area of Great Britain that three other national stations? those for London, the West and the North?will not need to go on broadcasting. The wave-lengths thus released may be used for other British stations to be erected in the future. The wave-length of the new Droitwich transmitter is identical with the long-wave Daventry station so that no change is required in listener's receiving sets.
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The Droitwich Broadcasting Station. Nature 134, 412 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134412b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134412b0