Kirk o' Shotts transmitting station
The Kirk o' Shotts transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site at The Hirst which lies just outside the village of Salsburgh which is near the town of Shotts in North Lanarkshire central Scotland.
The BBC 405-line television service in Scotland started from Kirk o' Shotts on 14 March 1952 using low power reserve transmitters. Full service began on 17 August 1952 using the main high power transmitters. The station provided a service to a potential 4.1 million viewers and operated on Channel 3 and transmissions were vertically polarised.
It subsequently became the main national FM transmitting station for the area, although that role is now filled by the nearby site at Black Hill.
Three DAB multiplexes are broadcast from the site: BBC, Digital One and Switch Scotland.
It has a tall guyed mast, built in 1952. The mast was originally tall.
The station is owned by Arqiva.Services available
VHF analogue television was transmitted from Kirk o' Shotts from its launch in 1952 until the nationwide shutdown of VHF signals in 1985.
| Frequency | VHF | kW | Service |
| 3 | 100 | BBC Scotland |
