Stockland Hill transmitting station
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The Stockland Hill transmitting station is a transmitting facility of FM Radio and UHF television located near Honiton
, Devon
, England
. This transmitter mainly serves the East of Devon and West Dorset.
multiplexes. The three PSB
multiplexes are now at full power at 50 kW, the other three multiplexes, are currently at 10 kW but will be powered up in the future. The current UHF channels that Stockland Hill is transmitting on are:
was switched off on 6 May 2009 and the rest of the analogue services were switched off on 20 May 2009 around after midnight.
Honiton
Honiton is a town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. The town's name is pronounced in two ways, and , each pronunciation having its adherents...
, Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
, England
England
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. This transmitter mainly serves the East of Devon and West Dorset.
Digital television
Stockland Hill transmits all DTTDigital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
multiplexes. The three PSB
PSB
PSB can stand for:* Please see belowOrganisations* Brazilian Socialist Party * Penn, Schoen & Berland, a market research firm* Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, an annual scientific meeting...
multiplexes are now at full power at 50 kW, the other three multiplexes, are currently at 10 kW but will be powered up in the future. The current UHF channels that Stockland Hill is transmitting on are:
| Frequency | UHF | kW | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 481.8 MHz | 22- | 10 | 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... A |
| 490.2 MHz | 23+ | 50 | 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... |
| 505.8 MHz | 25- | 10 | 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... |
| 514.2 MHz | 26+ | 50 | 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... A |
| 529.8 MHz | 28- | 10 | Arqiva B |
| 538.2 MHz | 29+ | 50 | BBC B |
Digital radio (DAB)
| Frequency | Block | kW | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 221.352 MHz | 11C | 0.5 | NOW Exeter and Torbay NOW Exeter and Torbay NOW Exeter & Torbay is the name of the DAB multiplex operator for the Exeter & Torbay areas of Devon. It serves an area similar to that of the ILR service Heart Exeter & Torbay serves... |
| 222.064 MHz | 11D | 2 | Digital One Digital One Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva. , the multiplex covers more than 90% of the populationfrom a total of 137 transmitters... |
| 225.648 MHz | 12B | 5 | BBC National DAB |
Analogue radio (FM)
| Frequency | kW | Service |
|---|---|---|
| 103.0 MHz | 1 | Heart Devon Heart Devon Heart Devon is a Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Devon. The station began broadcasting on Friday 27 August 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay , Heart Plymouth , Heart North Devon and Heart South Devon .-History:The regional station... |
Digital switchover
Stockland Hill was the second transmitter in the south west of England which had its analogue television transmissions shut off. BBC TwoBBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
was switched off on 6 May 2009 and the rest of the analogue services were switched off on 20 May 2009 around after midnight.