The Spur Hill transmission site is located on a 137-metre hill southwest of Cork city in Ireland, just northwest of Cork airport.
History
The transmitter was initially opened in 1965 as a VHF television relay of the main Mullaghanish television transmitter in County Cork, with FM radio transmission later being added to provide a relay of the national radio channels,
On its conversion to UHF television transmission in 1996, it became the main transmitter serving Cork city, carrying the four Irish analogue channels, RTÉ One (Ch53), RTÉ Two (Ch57), Virgin Media One (Ch60), and TG4 (Ch63) at an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20 kW from a 60-metre steel lattice mast.
On 24 October 2012 all analogue television transmission ended in Ireland, and the station now provides the Irish DTT service Saorview to Cork city and environs. It is owned and operated by 2RN, a subsidiary of the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ.
Current transmissions
Digital television FrequencyUHFERPMultiplexPol666 MHz4550 kWSaorview 1 H618 MHz3950 kWSaorview 2 H
FM radio FrequencyERPService89.2 MHz5 kWRTÉ Radio 191.4 MHz5 kWRTÉ 2fm93.6 MHz5 kWRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta98.8 MHz5 kWRTÉ lyric fm101.0 MHz5 kWToday FM
Spur Hill relay transmitter DTT RelayCountyMux 1Mux 2ERPPolCollins BarracksCork32340.08 kWV
References
External links www.rtenl.ie saorview.ie