Tullamore transmitter

Tullamore transmitter

The Tullamore transmitter was an AM radio transmission mast located near Tullamore, Ireland. Built in 1975 to replace the Athlone transmitter, it always carried RTÉ Radio 1 on 567 kHz, at 500kW. The Athlone mast was used to carry RTÉ 2fm, and later decommissioned.

The entire setup was taken off-line for a time in 2004 for major maintenance, with the Clarkstown transmitter taking over Tullamores job of carrying RTÉ Radio 1 to AM listeners in Ireland and the UK. It ceased analogue broadcasts permanently on 24th March 2008 [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/anger-as-rte-to-switch-off-medium-wave-band-1269254.html] , as the newer, more efficient and hence cheaper to run Clarkestown transmitter provides wider coverage. It is likelyFact|date=August 2008 the mast and ITU allocation may be reused for Digital Radio Mondiale, which RTÉ has been experimentally using on shortwave and longwave.

The antenna, a 290 metre tall guyed mast, is the 2nd tallest in Ireland.

External links

* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=54195

ee also

* List of famous transmission sites


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