Spur Hill transmission site
Appearance
![]() 2RN site at Spur Hill | |
Location | Spur Hill, County Cork |
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Mast height | 60 metres (197 ft) |
Coordinates | 51°51′22″N 8°30′58″W / 51.85602992214568°N 8.516036780969547°W |
Built | 1965 |
The Spur Hill transmission site is located to the south of the city of Cork, Ireland, just north west of Cork airport, on a hill with a 137 metre elevation.
History
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The transmitter was initially opened in 1965 as a VHF television
relay of the main Mullaghanish television transmitter in County Cork, with FM radio transmission later being added to provide a relay of the national radio channels,[1]
On its conversion to UHF television transmission in 1996, it became the main transmitter serving
(ERP) of 20 kW from a 60 metre steel lattice mast.On 24 October 2012 all analogue television transmission ended in Ireland,[2] and the station now provides the Irish DTT service Saorview to Cork city and environs.[3] It is owned and operated by 2RN, a subsidiary[4] of the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ.
Current transmissions
Digital television
Frequency | UHF | ERP | Multiplex | Pol |
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666 MHz | 45 | 50 kw | Saorview 1 | H |
618 MHz | 39 | 50 kw | Saorview 2 | H |
FM radio
Frequency | ERP | Service |
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89.2 MHz | 5 kw | RTÉ Radio 1 |
91.4 MHz | 5 kw | RTÉ 2fm |
93.6 MHz | 5 kw | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta |
98.8 MHz | 5 kw | RTÉ lyric fm |
101.0 MHz | 5 kw | Today FM |
Spur Hill relay transmitter
DTT Relay | County | Mux 1 | Mux 2 | ERP | Pol |
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Collins Barracks | Cork | 32 | 34 | 0.08 kw | V |
References
- ^ RTÉ Radio. "Tuning Information Mullaghanish". RTÉ. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "RTÉ One analogue switch off (Spur Hill)". You Tube. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ UKfree TV. "Spur Hill Transmitter". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ RTÉ NL. "About RTÉ NL" (PDF). RTÉ. Retrieved 29 October 2012.