Limavady transmitting station


Limavady transmitting station is a television and radio transmitter situated near the town of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
The Limavady transmitter was brought into service on Monday 1 December 1975, to provide UHF colour television to the North West of Northern Ireland, transmitting BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two Northern Ireland and Ulster Television. Channel 4 would be added to the transmitter in August 1983.
A UHF relay of the transmitter was also opened on Monday 1 December 1975 at the Londonderry transmitter, which had been transmitting BBC Television and radio on VHF since it commenced transmissions on Wednesday 18 December 1957.
BBC FM radio services from Limavady began in 1987 replacing a previous site at Maddybenny More. Commercial FM radio service having began the previous year.

Services available

Analogue radio

FrequencykWServiceNotes
89.6 MHz1.7BBC Radio 2Since 1987
91.8 MHz1.7BBC Radio 3Since 1987
94.0 MHz1.7BBC Radio 4Since 1993
95.4 MHz1.7BBC Radio UlsterSince 1987
96.4 MHz1Downtown RadioSince 1986
99.2 MHz1.7BBC Radio 1Since 1993

Digital television

Includes Sept 2019 frequency changes.
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
46 10Arqiva BDVB-T
41 20BBC ADVB-T
40 10SDNDVB-T
47 20BBC BDVB-T2
43 10Arqiva ADVB-T
44 20Digital 3&4DVB-T

Analogue television

Analogue television is no longer transmitted. BBC Two was closed on 10 October 2012 and the other three services were closed on 24 October 2012.
FrequencyUHFkWService
55100BBC One Northern Ireland
59100UTV
62100BBC Two Northern Ireland
65100Channel 4