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Photos by Peter Bigwood Page last updated: 2023-10-31
Whitehaven MF Cumbria
NGR: NX974172 Maps: Google  Bing (Ord Surv)   Site Height: 8m      Structure Height: 43m
Digital TV:
National Radio: Radio Five Live: 909 kHz  
Local Radio:
Digital Radio:
Comments: Transmitted BBC local radio on 1458 kHz until April 2020.

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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.




History of services

7-Oct-1951 North Home Service on 692 kHz. Closed 22-Nov-1978
1968 Radio 4 Northeast on 1151 kHz. Closed 2-Sep-1972
24-Nov-1973 Radio Carlisle launch on 1457 kHz
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.

Radio Cumbria coverage area map

Whitehaven UHF | Whitehaven VHF

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