Spur Hill transmission site

The Spur Hill transmission site is located to the south of the city of Cork, Ireland, just north west of Cork airport, on a hill with a 137 metre elevation.

Spur Hill
2RN site at Spur Hill
Spur Hill transmission site is located in island of Ireland
Spur Hill transmission site
Spur Hill in Ireland
LocationSpur Hill, County Cork
Mast height60 metres (197 ft)
Coordinates51°51′22″N 8°30′58″W
Built1965

History
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,[1]

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 (Ch53), RTÉ Two (Ch57), Virgin Media One (Ch60), and TG4 (Ch63) at an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20 kW from a 60 metre steel lattice mast.

On 24 October 2012 all analogue television transmission ended in Ireland,[2] and the station now provides the Irish DTT service Saorview to Cork city and environs.[3] It is owned and operated by 2RN, a subsidiary[4] of the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ.

Current transmissions

Digital television
Frequency UHF ERP Multiplex Pol
666 MHz 45 50 kw Saorview 1 H
618 MHz 39 50 kw Saorview 2 H

FM radio
Frequency ERP Service
89.2 MHz 5 kw RTÉ Radio 1
91.4 MHz 5 kw RTÉ 2fm
93.6 MHz 5 kw RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
98.8 MHz 5 kw RTÉ lyric fm
101.0 MHz 5 kw Today FM

Spur Hill relay transmitter
DTT Relay County Mux 1 Mux 2 ERP Pol
Collins Barracks Cork 32 34 0.08 kw V

References
  1. RTÉ Radio. "Tuning Information Mullaghanish". RTÉ. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  2. "RTÉ One analogue switch off (Spur Hill)". You Tube. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. UKfree TV. "Spur Hill Transmitter". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. RTÉ NL. "About RTÉ NL" (PDF). RTÉ. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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