Bressay transmitting station
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Bressay Transmitting Station is a broadcasting transmission facility for the Shetland Islands
, located on the isle of Bressay
, owned and operated by Arqiva
(previously National Grid Wireless). The transmitting station is based on the Ward of Bressay, the island's highest peak.
The facility includes two steel lattice towers both over 70m high.
In Stage One, BBC Two Scotland was switched off and anyone with Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV needed to re-tune. The date for this was 5 May 2010.
In Stage Two, analogue was permanently switched off and anyone with Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV will need to re-tune again. The date for this stage was 19 May 2010.
Soon afterwards, HD and high-powered Freeview services came in instead of the flawed analogue signal.
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
, located on the isle of Bressay
Bressay
-Geography and geology:Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of Noss, and north of Mousa. At , it is the fifth largest island in Shetland. The population is around 400 people, concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe, Fullaburn and Maryfield....
, owned and operated by Arqiva
Arqiva
Arqiva is a telecommunications company which provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The present company, with headquarters located at Crawley Court in the village of Crawley, Hampshire, was formed by National Grid Wireless...
(previously National Grid Wireless). The transmitting station is based on the Ward of Bressay, the island's highest peak.
The facility includes two steel lattice towers both over 70m high.
Analogue radio
| Frequency | kW | Station |
|---|---|---|
| 88.3 MHz | 43 | BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres... |
| 90.5 MHz | 43 | BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation... |
| 92.7 MHz | 43 | BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Shetland is an opt-out service of BBC Radio Scotland, covering the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The station airs from studios located in Pitt Lane, Lerwick.- Programming :... |
| 94.9 MHz | 43 | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... |
| 96.2 MHz | 15 (50 licensed) |
SIBC SIBC SIBC is a local independent commercial radio station that broadcasts to Shetland Islands. It is located at Market Street, Lerwick and broadcasts in FM on 96.2 MHz and 102.2 MHz, additionally in Lerwick... |
| 97.9 MHz | 43 | BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock... |
Digital television
| Frequency | UHF | kW | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 474.2 MHz | 21+ | 2 | Arqiva Arqiva Arqiva is a telecommunications company which provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The present company, with headquarters located at Crawley Court in the village of Crawley, Hampshire, was formed by National Grid Wireless... B |
| 482.2 MHz | 22+ | 2 | BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... B |
| 498.0 MHz | 24 | 2 | Arqiva A |
| 506.0 MHz | 25 | 2 | Digital 3&4 Digital 3&4 Digital 3&4 is a consortium consisting of regional Channel 3 companies and Channel 4 Television Corporation, which operates a multiplex broadcasting from a number of transmitter sites in the UK, carrying television and radio channels from both ITV and Channel 4; however three per-cent of the... |
| 522.0 MHz | 27 | 2 | SDN S4C Digital Networks SDN is a company that operates Multiplex A, one of the six groups of channels on digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom... |
| 530.0 MHz | 28 | 2 | BBC A |
Digital switchover
The digital switchover happened in two stages.In Stage One, BBC Two Scotland was switched off and anyone with Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV needed to re-tune. The date for this was 5 May 2010.
In Stage Two, analogue was permanently switched off and anyone with Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV will need to re-tune again. The date for this stage was 19 May 2010.
Soon afterwards, HD and high-powered Freeview services came in instead of the flawed analogue signal.
Attribution
- The original version of this article incorporated text from the Wikipedia article BressayBressay-Geography and geology:Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of Noss, and north of Mousa. At , it is the fifth largest island in Shetland. The population is around 400 people, concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe, Fullaburn and Maryfield....
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See also
- List of masts
- List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain
- List of radio stations in the United Kingdom