Girvan

Scotland · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 55.244668, -4.814591
Grid reference: NX21179811
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 188 m
Antenna height: 41 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV Central
ITV news region: STV Central West
Parent transmitter: Darvel
Ofcom site number: 15205

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NX21179811 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	0.03% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
FM radio	0.03% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.04% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Girvan is the strongest signal for television, FM radio and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C29	538 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	50 W	DVB-T2	BBC

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	88.9 MHz	—	100 W	25 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	V
BBC Radio 3	91.1 MHz	—	100 W	25 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	V
BBC Radio Scotland (FM)	93.3 MHz	—	100 W	25 m	BBC_Scot	C415	V
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	95.3 MHz	—	100 W	25 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	V
ClydeAyr	97.5 MHz	52 W	75 W	25 m	_West_FM	CCB1	HV
BBC Radio 1	98.5 MHz	—	100 W	25 m	Radio_1_	C201	V

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
Ayr	11B	218.640 MHz	2.0 kW	24 m	GIRVAN	C19B	13
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	600 W	24 m	GIRVAN	CE15	16

Ayr — block 11B

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BBC National DAB — block 12B

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