Limavady transmitting station
Limavady transmitting station is a television and radio transmitter situated near the town of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
The Limavady transmitter was brought into service on Monday 1 December 1975, to provide UHF colour television to the North West of Northern Ireland, transmitting BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two Northern Ireland and Ulster Television. Channel 4 would be added to the transmitter in August 1983.
A UHF relay of the transmitter was also opened on Monday 1 December 1975 at the Londonderry transmitter, which had been transmitting BBC Television (later renamed BBC One) on VHF since it commenced transmissions on Wednesday 18 December 1957.[1]
Services available
Analogue radio
Frequency | kW | Service |
---|---|---|
89.6 MHz | 1.7 | BBC Radio 2 |
91.8 MHz | 1.7 | BBC Radio 3 |
94.0 MHz | 1.7 | BBC Radio 4 |
95.4 MHz | 1.7 | BBC Radio Ulster |
96.4 MHz | 1 | Downtown Radio |
99.2 MHz | 1.7 | BBC Radio 1 |
Digital radio
Frequency | Block | kW | Operator |
---|---|---|---|
225.648 MHz | 12B | 6.3 | BBC National DAB |
229.072 MHz | 12D | 6.2 | Bauer Northern Ireland |
Digital televisionIncludes Sept 2019 frequency changes.
Amateur Radio
| Before switchover
|
Analogue television
Analogue television is no longer transmitted. BBC Two was closed on 10 October 2012 and the other three services were closed on 24 October 2012.
Frequency | UHF | kW | Service |
---|---|---|---|
743.25 MHz | 55 | 100 | BBC One Northern Ireland |
775.25 MHz | 59 | 100 | UTV |
799.25 MHz | 62 | 100 | BBC Two Northern Ireland |
823.25 MHz | 65 | 100 | Channel 4 |
References
- ^ "405 Alive - Information - A List of VHF 405-Line Transmitters".
External links
- Limavady at ukfree.tv
- Limavady at mb21.co.uk
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