Limavady transmitting station

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Limavady transmitting station (Northern Ireland)
LocationLimavady, County Londonderry
Mast height34.4 metres (113 ft)
Coordinates 55°06′29″N6°53′13″W / 55.108°N 6.887°W / 55.108; -6.887 Coordinates: 55°06′29″N6°53′13″W / 55.108°N 6.887°W / 55.108; -6.887
Grid reference C711296
BBC region BBC Northern Ireland
ITV region UTV
Local TV service NVTV

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.

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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

FrequencykWService
89.6 MHz1.7 BBC Radio 2
91.8 MHz1.7 BBC Radio 3
94.0 MHz1.7 BBC Radio 4
95.4 MHz1.7 BBC Radio Ulster
96.4 MHz1 Downtown Radio
99.2 MHz1.7 BBC Radio 1

Digital radio

FrequencyBlockkWOperator
225.648 MHz12B6.3 BBC National DAB
229.072 MHz12D6.2 Bauer Northern Ireland

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.

FrequencyUHFkWService
743.25  MHz 55100 BBC One Northern Ireland
775.25  MHz 59100 UTV
799.25  MHz 62100 BBC Two Northern Ireland
823.25  MHz 65100 Channel 4

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References

  1. "405 Alive - Information - A List of VHF 405-Line Transmitters".