Sandale transmitting station explained

Sandale
Map Name:Cumbria
Height:153m (502feet)
Gridref:NY2657639965
Built:1956
Bbc:BBC North (1956-1985)
BBC Scotland (1965-2009)

The Sandale transmitting station is the main radio transmitting station for the county of Cumbria, including the Lake District, and eastern Dumfries and Galloway. It used to broadcast regional variations of BBC One and BBC Two until digital switchover happened in the region. All television channels now come from the nearby Caldbeck transmitting station.

The station is situated on the Caldbeck Fells close to the B5299 road and eight miles south of Wigton. Its mast is 153m (502feet) 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)

FrequencykWService
88.1 MHz250BBC Radio 2
90.3 MHz250BBC Radio 3
92.5 MHz250BBC Radio 4
94.7 MHz250BBC Radio Scotland
95.6 MHz15BBC Radio Cumbria
97.7 MHz250BBC Radio 1
99.9 MHz125Classic FM

Analogue television

27 September 1965 – 1 June 1979

FrequencyVHFkWService
430BBC1 North East
670BBC1 Scotland

1 June 1979 – 3 January 1985

FrequencyVHFUHFkWService
430BBC1 North East
670BBC1 Scotland
22500BBC1 Scotland

1992 - 22 July 2009

FrequencyUHFkWService
22500BBC1 Scotland
67126BBC2 Scotland

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