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Stockton Cleveland
NGR: NZ420218 Maps: Google  Bing (Ord Surv)   Site Height: 38m      Structure Height: 38m
Digital TV:
Analogue TV:
National Radio: Absolute Radio: 1242 kHz   Talk Sport: 1053 kHz   Radio 4: 1052 kHz  
Local Radio: Greatest Hits Radio: 1170 kHz   Radio Cleveland: 1548 kHz  
Digital Radio:
Comments: Transmitted R.Cleveland on 1548 kHz until 17-Apr-1992, INR2 on 1242 kHz and ILR on 1170 kHz until January 2023.

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November 2005



The old masts and wire-slung aerials at the Stockton site were replaced in 2005...




















Station history

Stockton was built to replace a Third Programme transmitter elsewhere in Middlesborough.

2-Jul-1948 Third Programme in service on 1474 kHz.
15-Mar-1950 Frequency changed to 1546 kHz.
2-Sep-1972 Re-assigned to Radio Teeside.
1974 Transmitter added for Radio 4 on 1052 kHz.
24-Jun-1975 ILR Teeside (Radio Tees) launched on 1169 kHz.
23-Nov-1978 Radio 4, 1052 kHz closed. Frequencies changed to 1548 kHz and 1170 kHz.
17-Apr-1992 Radio Cleveland (1548 kHz), closed.
30-Apr-1993 INR 2 (Virgin Radio) launches on 1242 kHz.
14-Feb-1995 INR 3 (Talk Radio) launches on 1053 kHz.
17-Jan-2023 ILR (Greatest Hits Radio), 1170 kHz closed.
20-Jan-2023 INR 2 (Absolute Radio), 1242 kHz closed.

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