National Grid Wireless
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.
Crown Castle UK was formed from the transmitter network of the
BBC, which was privatised in 1997.
It was a subsidiary of
Crown Castle International, but since
31 August 2004 it has been owned by
National Grid plc. On
11 October 2005 the company was renamed National Grid Wireless.
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Alexandra Palace Transmitter*
Brookmans Park Transmitter*
Burghead AM transmitter*
Crystal Palace Transmitter*
Droitwich AM transmitter*
Kirk o'Shotts transmitting station*
Holme Moss*
Mendip TV Mast*
Moorside Edge Transmitter*
North Hessary Tor*
Peterborough Transmitter*
Pontop Pike Television Transmitter*
Redruth transmitter*
Rowridge Transmitter*
Sutton Coldfield television transmitter*
Tacolneston Transmitter*
Waltham TV Mast*
Wenvoe Transmitter*
Westerglen AM transmitter*
Wrotham transmitter*
Arqiva (National Grid Wireless' main competitor, formerly known as NTL Broadcast)
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Freeview*
VT Communications (Formerly Merlin Communications, formed from privatisation of
BBC World Service transmitter sites.)
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National Grid Wireless* Pawley, Edward (1972).
BBC Engineering 1922-1972. London, BBC. ISBN 0563121270
* Shacklady, Norman and Ellen, Martin (2003).
On Air: A History of BBC Transmission. Wavechange Books. ISBN 0954407717 (paperback) ISBN 0954407709 (hardback).
