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The Chillerton Down transmitting station is a broadcasting facility for FM and DAB radio at Chillerton Down, above the village of Chillerton on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England (). The transmitter was erected in 1958 and uses a high guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section as an aerial.

History

Construction

It was built by BICC.

Transmission

It was originally used to transmit Southern Television, and later TVS, until the end of VHF television transmissions in the UK at the beginning of 1985. It now transmits Greatest Hits Radio, Capital South, Nation Radio South Coast, Isle of Wight Radio, the local Arqiva (NOW S. Hampshire) DAB multiplex and the national Digital One DAB multiplex.

The site is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Channels available by frequency

Analogue radio

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Frequency

!kW

!Service

|-

|103.2 MHz

|2

|Capital South

|-

|105.2 MHz

|10

|Greatest Hits Radio South Coast

|-

|106.0 MHz

|4

|Nation Radio South Coast

|-

|107.0 MHz

|0.1

|Isle of Wight Radio

|}

Digital radio

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Frequency

!Block

!kW

!Operator

|-

|216.928 MHz

|11A

|10

|Sound Digital Limited

|-

|221.352 MHz

|11C

|10

|NOW South Hampshire

|-

|222.064 MHz

|11D

|10

|Digital One

|}

Analogue television

VHF analogue television was transmitted from Chillerton Down from its launch in 1958 until the nationwide shutdown of VHF signals in 1985.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Frequency

!VHF

!kW

!Service

|-

|

|11

|100

|TVS <small>(Southern Television until 1982)</small>

|}

See also

  • List of masts
  • List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain

References

  • The Transmission Gallery: photographs and information
  • Antenna picture
  • Chillerton Down Transmitter at thebigtower.com