[9] This includes cities and towns such as Oxford, Milton Keynes, Banbury, Swindon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Brackley, Didcot, Abingdon, and Stow-on-the-Wold.
Oxford has 5 relay stations which are located in Chipping Norton,[10] Charlbury,[11] Icomb,[12] Guiting Power,[13] and Ascott under Wychwood.
On 13 May 2010 the digital and analogue television transmitters (except Channel 5) went off the air at about 13:20 UTC following an incident when smoke was seen drifting from the top of the mast.
[1][19] The incident occurred during testing of a new main antenna which had been installed during the previous few months in readiness for the proposed digital switchover.
Arqiva A & B and SDN increased to 50 kW on 18 April 2012, after completion of the digital switchover at Crystal Palace transmitting station.