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Photos by Rob Shufflebotham Page last updated: 2022-06-08
Wallasey Merseyside
NGR: SJ305926 Maps: Google  Bing (Ord Surv)   Site Height: 40m      Structure Height: 46m
Digital TV:
Analogue TV:
National Radio: Talk Sport: 1107 kHz   Radio 1: 1107 kHz   Absolute Radio: 1197 kHz  
Local Radio: Radio Merseyside: 1485 kHz  
Digital Radio:
Comments: Transmitted Absolute Radio on 1197 kHz until mid 2018, and BBC local radio on 1485 kHz until April 2020.

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2009

Wallasey is a small MF Filler site for the Wirral and Merseyside area. Its located inside Rake Lane Cemetery. The mast is nothing special, just a standard omni radiator - I'd have expected a reflector on the coastal side, but its either not high powered enough to warrant one, or it just wasn't worth it. Inside the well fenced central compound you can see the Andrews sat receive dish, probably for the Absolute service on 1197kHz.

I'm surprised Wallasey has remained on the Hit List for as long as it has.




















Service dates:

Jan-1973 Radio Merseyside, 1484 kHz. (1485 kHz from 23-Nov-1978). Closed 9-Apr-2020.

20-Dec-1982 Radio 1, 1107 kHz. Closed 30-Jun-1994.

30-Apr-1993 INR2 (Virgin Radio), 1197 kHz. Closed Jun-2018.

14-Feb-1995 INR3 (Talk Radio) launch, 1107 kHz.

Radio Merseyside coverage area map

Tarquin's tale of the Wallasey installation (bbceng.info website)

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