Rob: "Alsagers Bank is now the primary DAB site for N.Staffs/S.Cheshire, the new antenna can be seen at the very top.
It still carries BBC Stoke and Signal FM services, and is further populated with Vodafone and Mercury equipment."
BBC Radio Stoke launched on the 14-Mar-1968 on 94.9 MHz. This frequency was changed in 1970 to 94.6 MHz, ahead of the second phase of BBC local radio stations. The frequency was changed again on 6-Jul-1973 to
96.1 MHz, ahead of the launch of ILR.
From December 1982 the current slant polarised skeleton slot aerials, on a new tower, were brought into use. At the same time, Radio Stoke commenced stereo operation and the frequency was changed for a fourth time, back to 94.6 MHz, where it has remained ever since.
ILR Stoke-on-Trent (Signal Radio), launched on the 5th September 1983 on 104.3 MHz. This frequency was changed to 102.6 MHz on 4th February 1986.
DAB service dates are: BBC, 1st August 1997; Digital One, 17th August 1999; Stoke & Stafford, 20th April 2004; Sound Digital, 29th February 2016.
Alan: "I wanted to see if anything had changed at Alsagers Bank, because of the addition of Sound Digital, but there doesn't seem to be much difference since Rob's photos." |
