Spur Hill transmission site

The Spur Hill transmission site is located on a 137-metre hill southwest of Cork city in Ireland, just northwest of Cork airport.

History

[Image:Spur Hill entrance.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Entrance to the Spur Hill site]
The transmitter was initially opened in 1965 as a VHF television relay of the main Mullaghanish television transmitter in County Cork, with FM radio transmission later being added to provide a relay of the national radio channels,
On its conversion to UHF television transmission in 1996, it became the main transmitter serving Cork city, carrying the four Irish analogue channels, RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, Virgin Media One, and TG4 at an effective radiated power of 20 kW from a 60-metre steel lattice mast.
On 24 October 2012 all analogue television transmission ended in Ireland, and the station now provides the Irish DTT service Saorview to Cork city and environs. It is owned and operated by 2RN, a subsidiary of the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ.