Limavady transmitting station

55°06′29″N 6°53′13″W / 55.108°N 6.887°W / 55.108; -6.887Grid referenceC711296BBC regionBBC Northern IrelandITV regionUTVLocal TV serviceNVTV

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

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

External links

• Limavady at ukfree.tv
• Limavady at mb21.co.uk