Oliver's Mount transmits UHF TV at 2 kW and is a 0.25 kW BBC VHF network relay of Holme Moss. It also relays BBC Radio York at 0.25 kW and is the main 0.625 kW transmitter for ILR Yorkshire Coast Radio.
The site first went into service with three channels of UHF TV on 9th May 1975 as a relay of Emley Moor with site number 104.38. Channel 4 was added in September 1983. Because of the distance from Emley Moor, the reliability of reception was less than satisfactory. The path length is 68.5 miles (110.2 km), and was the third longest UHF RBL in the UK. Around 1984/85, Oliver's Mount was re-attributed to Belmont and given a new site number of 120.02. Belmont is a little closer at 65 miles (104.7 km). During 2002, BBC-1 returned to re-broadcasting Emley Moor as Belmont was now transmitting a new regional service for Yorkshire & Lincolnshire from Hull.
Channel 5 on 18th June 1997. DSO was on the 3rd and 17th August 2011.
Below the UHF TV antenna are GSM aerials and under these are the BBC Radio VHF mixed polarised antenna panels. Immediately below these is the single ILR mixed polarised aerial. Further down can be seen two UHF TV RBR trough antennas, one is pointing towards Belmont, the other facing Emley Moor. A little further down are the RBR aerials for BBC Radio. Holme Moss for the national stations and Acklam Wold for Radio York. |
