Brougher Mountain transmitting station
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Brougher Mountain transmitting station is a major transmitting station in Northern Ireland
. It is located between County Tyrone
and County Fermanagh
, on top of a 317-meter high hill called Brougher Mountain.
It has four other transmitter sites in its Digital Switchover transmitter group, at Ederny, Derrygonnelly
, Belcoo
, and Lisbellaw.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. It is located between County Tyrone
County Tyrone
Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...
and County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh
Fermanagh District Council is the only one of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland that contains all of the county it is named after. The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas....
, on top of a 317-meter high hill called Brougher Mountain.
It has four other transmitter sites in its Digital Switchover transmitter group, at Ederny, Derrygonnelly
Derrygonnelly
Derrygonnelly is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Near Lower Lough Erne, the village was home to 594 people and dates to the Plantation era....
, Belcoo
Belcoo
Belcoo is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 10 miles from Enniskillen. It is on the County Fermanagh/County Cavan border beside the village of Blacklion in the Republic of Ireland...
, and Lisbellaw.
Analogue television
| Frequency | UHF | kW | Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| 479.25 MHz | 22 | 100 | BBC One Northern Ireland BBC One Northern Ireland BBC One Northern Ireland is the national variation for BBC Northern Ireland of the network BBC One service broadcast by the BBC. The service is broadcast in Northern Ireland from Broadcasting House in Belfast... |
| 503.25 MHz | 25 | 100 | UTV UTV UTV is a television channel based in the UK region of Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 or Independent Television licensee for Northern Ireland and is operated by UTV Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media.- Terrestrial :* Analogue: Normally tuned to 3 * Freeview : 3... |
| 527.25 MHz | 28 | 100 | BBC Two Northern Ireland |
| 559.25 MHz | 32 | 100 | Channel 4 Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel... |
Digital television
| Frequency | UHF | kW | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 490.2 MHz | 23+ | 0.5 | 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... (Mux A) |
| 514.2 MHz | 26+ | 0.5 | 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... (Mux B) |
| 538.2 MHz | 29+ | 0.5 | 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... (Mux C) |
| 546.2 MHz | 30+ | 0.5 | BBC (Mux 1) |
| 570.2 MHz | 33+ | 0.5 | Arqiva (Mux D) |
| 534.2 MHz | 34+ | 0.5 | 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... (Mux 2) |