Fremont Point (on the island of Jersey) is the TV transmitter which serves virtually the whole of the Channel Islands group with UHF television. BBC FM radio and DAB are transmitted from the former BBC site at Les Platons.
Although the impressive 135m tower on the north of the island enables its signal to reach the other islands, Jersey's topography means its coverage of the main Channel Island is by no means total.
The tower was originally used for the start of ITV transmissions in the Midlands from Lichfield. It was dismantled and moved here after the 1000 ft mast came into service at Lichfield on 18-Jul-1961. 405-line ITV (Channel Television), launched on 1-Sep-1962, on VHF channel 9. Closed 1984.
UHF transmissions commenced with ITV on 26-Jul-1976. BBC 1 & 2 were added in December 1976 with Channel 4 available from 2-Nov-1982 launch. Fremont Point was the last site to have BBC 1 & 2 converted to NICAM stereo (27-Jun-2002). DSO was on 17-Nov-2010.
ILR (Channel 103), launched on 25-Oct-1992. |
