Bilsdale transmitting station

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The Bilsdale transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, located at Bilsdale West Moor, close to Helmsley, North Yorkshire — UK grid reference SE553962. It includes a guyed steel tubular mast that is primarily used for radio and television transmission. The height of the mast is 335 m (1095 ft) to the pinnacle, including the recently added digital television antenna. It is among the most powerful in the UK at 500 kW ERP and has recently been equipped with new aircraft warning lights, in the form of arrays of ultra bright red LEDs.

1 History
2 Coverage
3 Channels listed by Frequency
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Bilsdale was constructed in 1971 by the Independent Television Authority to bring 625-line colour television on UHF to the Tees Valley for the first time. Having added UHF TV to the existing VHF TV stations at Pontop Pike and Emley Moor, it was quickly established that a new station would be required to cover County Durham and north North Yorkshire where existing coverage was poor, and thus the new station was built.

[edit] Coverage

Coverage extends throughout the Tees Valley region, encompassing north North Yorkshire and southern County Durham. This includes Harrogate and York to the south, Filey and Whitby to the east, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, Peterlee and Bishop Auckland to the north, and Barnard Castle and Richmond to the west.

[edit] Channels listed by Frequency

Analogue Radio (FM VHF)
- 89.0 MHz - BBC Radio 2
- 91.2 MHz - BBC Radio 3
- 93.4 MHz - BBC Radio 4
- 95.0 MHz - BBC Radio Cleveland
- 96.6 MHz - TFM
- 98.6 MHz - BBC Radio 1
- 100.7 MHz - Century FM
- 101.6 MHz - Classic FM
- 106.4 MHz - Galaxy North East

Digital Radio (DAB)
- Block 11D: 222.06 MHz - Digital One
- Block 12A: 223.93 MHz - MXR Yorkshire
- Block 12B: 225.64 MHz - BBC
- Block 12C: 227.36 MHz - MXR North East