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WHITEHAVEN MF

Photos by Peter Bigwood Page last updated: 2026-09-30

2002

Whitehaven MF entered service on 23-Nov-1978 transmitting Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio Carlisle. This site replaced a wartime installation at a nearby brickworks which had been transmitting Radio 4 and Radio Carlisle, prior to this.


History of services

23-Nov-1978 Radio 1, 1089 kHz; Radio 2, 909 kHz; Radio Carlisle, 1458 kHz
27-Aug-1990 Radio 5 replaces Radio 2 on 909 kHz.
30-Jun-1994 Radio 1, 1089 kHz closed.
8-Apr-2020 Radio Cumbria, 1458 kHz closed.




Presumably the VHF yagi is directed towards Sandale and is providing either a main or stand-by feed of R. Cumbria.

[Ed] It is the RBS, from Sandale, for Radio Cumbria.







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Whitehaven UHF | Whitehaven VHF

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