The Sandale transmitting station is the main
radio
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transmitting station for the county of
Cumbria
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, including the
Lake District, and eastern
Dumfries and Galloway. It used to broadcast regional variations of
BBC One
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and
BBC Two until digital switchover happened in the region. All television channels now come from the nearby
Caldbeck transmitting station
The Caldbeck transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the village of Caldbeck, in Cumbria, England (Grid Reference: NY299425). It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
It includes a guyed steel lat ...
.
The station is situated on the
Caldbeck Fells
Caldbeck is a village in Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland, it is situated within the Lake District National Park. The village had 714 inhabitants according to the census of 2001.
Caldbeck is closely associated with neighbouring ...
close to the
B5299 road and eight miles south of
Wigton
Wigton is a market town in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells an ...
. Its mast is high.
Until 1993 it broadcast
Radio Solway. Now it broadcasts BBC Radio Scotland on the same frequency.
Services from this transmitter
Analogue radio (FM VHF)
Digital radio (DAB)
Analogue television
8 November 1956 – 27 September 1965
27 September 1965 – 1 June 1979
1 June 1979 – 3 January 1985
3 January 1985 - 1992
1992 - 22 July 2009
See also
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List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain
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Entries in ''italics'' denote approximate figures.
Structures taller than 300 ...
External links
The Transmission Gallery: Photographs and InformationThe Transmission Gallery: FM Coverage Map
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Transmitter sites in England