DROITWICH Transmitter Station received a visit from Wychavon chairman Coun Robert Raphael as part of the district council’s 50th-anniversary tour.
Coun Raphael visited the station to find out more about the Dodderhill site, which has been helping keep the nation informed since the 1930s.
The station broadcasts long-wave signals for several radio stations.
The content from the stations arrives by satellite and is cleaned up before being sent out by four 750ft high aerials.
The aerials can reach across the UK and into Southern Germany.
The station, which is currently owned by Arqiva, was built by the BBC in 1934 as the high salt content in the area’s soil helped support the transmission of the signal.
During the Second World War, the station was used to send coded messages, embedded during normal programming, to the French Resistance.
Coun Raphael has challenged himself to visit more than 60 parishes across the district by April next year to mark the authority’s golden anniversary.
He said: “The station is an iconic piece of Wychavon’s history.
“It was fascinating to go behind the scenes, meet the staff and discover everything that goes into transmitting some of the nation’s favourite programmes and live sporting events.”
