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The Bilsdale transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, located at Bilsdale West Moor, close to Helmsley, North Yorkshire — UK grid reference SE553962. It includes a 290 metre high (950 ft) guyed steel tubular mast that is used for FM- and TV-transmission. It is one of the most powerful in the UK at 500 kW erp and due to the site's elevated position it has the highest (TV) transmitter array in Great Britain. Bilsdale carries the TV signal and national radio frequencies for the Tees Valley region, as well as Radio Cleveland on 95FM. It also carries 96.6 TFM, 100-102 Century FM and Galaxy 105-106. individually-donated time and energy direct government payments or operation indirect government payments, such as radio and television licenses grants from foundations or business entities selling advertising or sponsorship public subscription or membership fees charged to all owners of TV sets or radios, regardless of whether they intend to receive...
Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...
Helmsley is a market town in North Yorkshire, on the River Rye. ...
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county within the Government Office Region of Yorkshire and the Humber in northern England, United Kingdom and also a larger ceremonial county, partly in the North East England region. ...
The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
The Tees Valley is a distinct economic area in the North East of England; it consists of the five Unitary Authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. ...
BBC Radio Cleveland is the BBC Local Radio service for the English areas of Teesside, County Durham and some of North Yorkshire. ...
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100-102 Century FM is the name of a radio station now controlled by GCap Media as part of its Century Network. ...
Galaxy 105-106 is a regional radio station owned by the Chrysalis Group as part of its Galaxy Network of stations specialising in dance music and RnB. It is based in Wallsend, at the Silverlink Business Park, near the junction of the A1058 and the A19, near the...
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[edit] Warsaw radio mast A mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, or on land as radio masts and towers used to support telecommunication equipment such as radio antennas (aerials in the UK). ...
A list of the tallest structures in Great Britain. ...
This article is a list of radio stations that are scattered on Earth. ...
This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man: // National analogue and digital stations BBC Radio 1 - youth-oriented pop music and talk - generally 97. ...
External links - The Transmission Gallery: Photographs and Information
- The Transmission Gallery: Coverage Maps
- Info and picture of Bilsdale transmitter.
- A photograph
- Map of site
- Views of Bilsdale from Anorak's Guide to Radio in North Yorkshire.
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