- By Tim Page
- BBC News, West Midlands
Image source, Encompass Digital Media
Woofferton has been broadcasting international signals since 1943
An international transmitting station on the Shropshire-Herefordshire border is marking its 80th birthday.
Woofferton has been on-air since October 1943, when the BBC’s international services were boosted during World War Two.
Former staff, local and broadcasting dignitaries have been invited to an event at the site on Tuesday.
A special shortwave broadcast is being made to mark the occasion.
The station’s current operator, Encompass Digital Media, said it was important to mark the site’s history.
“It was the last of the shortwave sites to be built in the UK,” transmitter engineer Matt Porter told BBC Radio Shropshire.
“It was excellent at getting into Europe and further afield. With the escalation of the Cold War it became…
