Craigkelly transmitting station

The Craigkelly transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Craigkelly north of the Firth of Forth above the town of Burntisland in Fife, Scotland. It has a 125-metre tall free-standing lattice tower reassembled after being moved from its original location at Emley Moor, West Yorkshire, where it was used to broadcast the 405-line ITV service between 1956 and 1966.
The station came into service in 1968 to improve coverage of BBC2 to the Edinburgh area, which has a number of hills blocking good reception from Black Hill. In September 1971 it also started broadcasting BBC1 and Scottish Television on 625 lines in colour and though considered a 'main' station, it actually rebroadcast the signal from the Black Hill transmitting station, like a relay.
In March 1983 Channel 4 was added, however Channel 5 was available at its launch on 30 March 1997.
Its tower now also carries antennas for many broadcasting and private radio organisations.
Craigkelly is part of the STV Central TV region.
The transmitter was originally an A group but has become a K group with the advent of Channel 5 and Digital. Craigkelly is one of the few main transmitters which did not return to its original group at Digital Switchover. However, when Craigkelly went through its 700 MHz clearance in October 2018 all of the main 6 muxes returned to the A group, the only two outside being muxes 7 and 8, which were to be switched off between 2020 and 2022.
The tower can be clearly seen from many parts of Edinburgh across the Firth of Forth on its prominent position atop the hill known as The Binn.

Coverage

Television reception from Craigkelly includes a wide area stretching from Stirling and Falkirk in the central belt, eastwards to Crail in Fife and Dunbar in Lothian. Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes also receive a strong signal, as does most of the principal city of Edinburgh.

Transmitted services

Digital television

Frequency	UHF	kW	Operator	System
	21+	20	PSB3	DVB-T2
	24	20	PSB2	DVB-T
	27	20	PSB1	DVB-T
	29	10	COM4	DVB-T
	31	10	COM5	DVB-T
	32	5	LTVmux	DVB-T
	37	10	COM6	DVB-T

Before switchover

Frequency	UHF	kW	Operator
	23-	4	SDN
	26-	4	BBC
	29	4	Digital 3&4
	33	4	BBC
	39	2	Arqiva
	42	2	Arqiva

Analogue television

Analogue television transmissions ceased from Craigkelly on 15 June 2011.

Frequency	UHF	kW	Service
	21	100	Channel 4
	24	100	STV (Central)
	27	100	BBC Two Scotland
	31	100	BBC One Scotland
	48	4	Channel 5