Plaque: BBC Tower
Erection date: 1977
Inscription
The world's first regular high definition television service was inaugurated here by the BBC, 2 November 1936.
Greater London Council
The BBC (who else?) have a good post about their time here. Pity this plaque had no room to mention John Logie Baird.
Site: BBC Tower & German PoWs (2 memorials)
N22, South Terrace
Londonist report that in the WW2 Blitz (while BBC radio was off air) this mast was used to baffle the German bombers - "it transmitted in the right frequency range to confuse the navigators".
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