The Needles The Needles The Needles is a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost Civil Parish of the Isle of Wight. The Needles Lighthouse stands at the outer, western end of the formation. Built in 1859, it has been automated since 1994. The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the Needles along with the shore and heath above are part of the Headon Warren and
Portishead Radio Portishead Radio Portishead Radio (callsign GKA) was a radio station in England that provided worldwide s and long-range aeronautical communications from 1928 until 2000. It was the world's largest and busiest radiotelephony station. In 1974, the station employed 154 radio operators who handled over 20 million words per year. The station's control centre, which was based at Highbridge, Somerset, near Burnham-on-Sea, opened in July 1928. It was constructed by Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company and operated by the General Post Office (GPO). The main transmitting station, which was remotely operated, originally consisted of a large array of radio masts at nearby