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The Woofferton transmitting station is owned and operated by Encompass Digital Media, as one of the BBC's assets which were handed over as part of the privatization of World Service distribution and transmission in 1997. It is the last remaining UK shortwave broadcasting site, located at Woofferton, south of Ludlow, Shropshire, England. The large site spreads across into neighbouring Herefordshire.

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  • Station émettrice de Woofferton (fr)
  • ウーファートン送信所 (ja)
  • Woofferton transmitting station (en)
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  • ウーファートン送信所（ウーファートンそうしんじょ、英語: Woofferton transmitting station）はイギリスシュロップシャーにある短波放送の送信所である。この送信所は、もともと第二次世界大戦中にBBCによって建設されたものでレンドリース法によって得られた6台のRCA社製50kW送信機を有していた。過去にこの送信所は何度も近代化され、現在ではデジタル・ラジオ・モンディエール（DRM）と呼ばれるデジタルラジオ番組を送信できる設備も有していて、NHKワールド・ラジオ日本やBBCワールドサービス、ドイチェ・ヴェレ、ボイス・オブ・アメリカ、ボイス・オブ・ベトナムなどの放送局が、ヨーロッパ、ロシア、北・中央アフリカ、中東、南米向けの短波放送を4MHz〜26MHzで放送するために使用している。また、衛星通信にも使用されている。 (ja)
  • The Woofferton transmitting station is owned and operated by Encompass Digital Media, as one of the BBC's assets which were handed over as part of the privatization of World Service distribution and transmission in 1997. It is the last remaining UK shortwave broadcasting site, located at Woofferton, south of Ludlow, Shropshire, England. The large site spreads across into neighbouring Herefordshire. (en)
  • La station émettrice de Woofferton est le dernier site britannique de radiodiffusion à ondes courtes. Il est situé à Woofferton, au sud de Ludlow, dans le Shropshire, en Angleterre. Le grand site s'étend dans le Herefordshire voisin. (fr)
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  • Woofferton (en)
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  • Shropshire (en)
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  • La station émettrice de Woofferton est le dernier site britannique de radiodiffusion à ondes courtes. Il est situé à Woofferton, au sud de Ludlow, dans le Shropshire, en Angleterre. Le grand site s'étend dans le Herefordshire voisin. La station a été construite par la BBC pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour accueillir d’autres émetteurs de radiodiffusion à ondes courtes (HF). Il disposait de six émetteurs RCA de 50 kW, obtenus par prêt-bail. Le site a été modernisé à plusieurs reprises au fil des ans et est maintenant capable de gérer des programmes de radio numérique quotidiens avec la technologie DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). Woofferton diffuse des programmes radiophoniques en ondes courtes sur HF 4 MHz - 26 MHz vers l’Europe, la Russie, l’Afrique du Nord et centrale, le Moyen-Orient et l’Amérique du Sud pour BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, Voice of Vietnam, etc. principaux radiodiffuseurs internationaux. Le site est également utilisé pour les communications et la surveillance par satellite. (fr)
  • The Woofferton transmitting station is owned and operated by Encompass Digital Media, as one of the BBC's assets which were handed over as part of the privatization of World Service distribution and transmission in 1997. It is the last remaining UK shortwave broadcasting site, located at Woofferton, south of Ludlow, Shropshire, England. The large site spreads across into neighbouring Herefordshire. The station was originally built by the BBC during World War II to house additional shortwave (HF) broadcasting transmitters. When it officially started broadcasting on 17 October 1943 it had six 50 kW RCA transmitters, obtained by lend-lease. The site has been modernised many times over the years and is now DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) capable providing daily digital radio programmes. Woofferton is used to broadcast shortwave radio programmes on HF 4 MHz – 26 MHz to Europe, Russia, North/Central Africa, Middle East and South America for BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, and Voice of Vietnam, among other international broadcasters. The site is also used for satellite communications and monitoring. (en)
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