Black Hill
Black Hill Transmitter
Height	306. 6 metres (1,006 ft)
Built	1961
BBC Region	BBC Scotland
ITV Region	STV

The Black Hill transmitting station is a facility for FM and TV broadcasting on Black Hill (grid reference NS828647), North Lanarkshire, Scotland near the town of Airdrie on the eastern outskirts of the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland formerly known as Grampian TV (now legally STV North Ltd The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude North Lanarkshire ( Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 Council areas in Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Airdrie ( Gaelic An Àrd Ruigh / An Àrd Àirighe) is a town within North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Greater Glasgow is the Conurbation that includes and surrounds the city of Glasgow in the west of Scotland. It has a guyed mast 306. 6 metres (1,006 ft) tall, bringing the antennas to a height of 540 metres above sea level, and making it the tallest structure in Scotland. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit An antenna is a Transducer designed to transmit or Receive electromagnetic waves In other words antennas convert electromagnetic waves into It was built in 1961 and is now operated by Arqiva. Arqiva is one of the two main transmitter and broadcast companies in the United Kingdom.

The present mast is the second to have been built at the site. The first, built in 1957 brought the Independent Television service to Central Scotland and opened for service on 31 August 1957. Unfortunately complex anomalies in the behaviour of the antenna caused its performance to be less than predicted, and the decision was taken in 1959 to replace the mast with a higher structure and a more conventional aerial on the outside of the mast rather than inside as had been the case with the first mast. The original 750 foot mast was then dismantled and later used at the Selkirk station in the Borders where it still stands. The transmitter was originally a B group but with the advent of Digital two of the 6 muxes are now out of band and require an E group (or wideband) aerial if reception of these is required. In July 2007 it was confirmed by Ofcom that Black Hill would be returning to a B group transmitter after DSO (Digital Switchover). Black Hill has the fifth greatest population coverage with a figure of around 2. 5 million.

Between 1961 and the end of the 405 line ITV service in 1985 the Black Hill aerial had the highest effective radiated power of any transmitter in the ITV network with 475 kW radiated towards Dundee.

Channels listed by Frequency

• Analogue Radio (FM VHF)
  • 89. Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. 9 MHz BBC Radio 2
  • 92. 1 MHz BBC Radio 3
  • 94. 3 MHz BBC Radio Scotland
  • 95. 8 MHz BBC Radio 4
  • 97. 6 MHz 97.3 Forth One
  • 99. 973 Forth One is a Scottish Radio station owned by Bauer Radio. 5 MHz BBC Radio 1
  • 100. 3 MHz Real Radio
  • 101. Real Radio Scotland is an Independent local radio station within the Real Radio brand 7 MHz Classic FM
  • 102. Classic FM is one of the United Kingdom 's three Independent National Radio stations broadcasting classical music in a popular and accessible style 5 MHz 102.5 Clyde 1
  • 104. 7 MHz BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
  • 105. 2 MHz Saga 105.2
  • 106. Saga 1052 FM was an Independent local radio station in Glasgow, Scotland, part of the Saga Radio Group 1 MHz Xfm

• Digital Radio (DAB)
  • 220. Xfm is a brand of Commercial radio stations focused on Alternative music, primarily indie, and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB) also known as Eureka 147, is a Digital radio technology for Broadcasting Radio stations used in 35 MHz (Block 11C) Score Glasgow
  • 229. 07 MHz (Block 12D) Score Edinburgh

• Analogue Television (ERP 500 kW)
  • UHF 40 - BBC One
  • UHF 46 - BBC Two
  • UHF 43 - STV (ITV)
  • UHF 50 - Channel 4
  • UHF 37 - Five

• Digital Television
  • UHF 41 - Multiplex 1 BBC ERP 20 kW
  • UHF 47 - Multiplex 2 ITV and CH4 transmitted by Digital 3 and 4 ERP 20 kW
  • UHF 44 - Multiplex A SDN ERP 20 kW
  • UHF 51 - Multiplex B BBC ERP 20 kW
  • UHF 55 - Multiplex C National Grid Wireless ERP 20 kW
  • UHF 65 - Multiplex D National Grid Wireless ERP 20 kW

See also

• Kirk o'Shotts transmitting station
• List of masts
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain

External links

• Info on Black Hill transmitter including co-receivable channels
• Black Hill photo gallery at The-Moores.co.uk
• The Transmission Gallery: Photographs and Information
• The Transmission Gallery: TV Coverage Map
• Transmission Gallery: FM Coverage Map
• Feature: Black Hill - The First 40 Years
• http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b54127

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