Bowmore

Scotland · TV and FM

Position: 55.750057, -6.274380
Grid reference: NR31885902
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 46 m
Antenna height: 47 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical and Horizontal
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV Central
ITV news region: STV Central West
Parent transmitter: Darvel
Ofcom site numbers: 15209, 15242

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NR31885902 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
FM radio	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Bowmore is the strongest signal for television and FM radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom. Ofcom list this mast more than once — usually one row per polarisation — so the last column says which row each multiplex comes from.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator	Ofcom row
PSB1	BBC A	C29	538 MHz	26 W	DVB-T	BBC	Bowmore VP
PSB1	BBC A	C29	538 MHz	13 W	DVB-T	BBC	Bowmore HP
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	26 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	Bowmore VP
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	13 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)	Bowmore HP
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	26 W	DVB-T2	BBC	Bowmore VP
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	13 W	DVB-T2	BBC	Bowmore HP

FM radio

FM services. ERP is published separately per polarisation; a dash means nothing is radiated in that plane.
Station	Frequency	ERP (H)	ERP (V)	Height	RDS name	PI code	Pattern
BBC Radio 2	88.1 MHz	—	61 W	40 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	V
BBC Radio 3	90.3 MHz	—	61 W	40 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	V
BBC Radio Scotland (FM)	92.5 MHz	—	61 W	40 m	BBC_Scot	C915	V
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	95.7 MHz	—	61 W	40 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	V
BBC Radio 1	97.7 MHz	—	61 W	40 m	Radio_1_	C201	V
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (FM)	103.6 MHz	—	61 W	40 m	BBC_Gael	C316	V