Larne

Northern Ireland · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 54.861722, -5.828615
Grid reference: NW54405860
Nation: Northern Ireland
Ground height: 111 m
Antenna height: 51 m
Aerial group: Group B — C35–53, the middle
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Northern Ireland
ITV region: Northern Ireland
ITV news region: Northern Ireland
Parent transmitter: Divis
Ofcom site number: 10701

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NW54405860 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	0.02% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
FM radio	0.02% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.02% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Larne 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	C45	666 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C42	642 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C39	618 MHz	400 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	89.1 MHz	50 W	50 W	41 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	HV
BBC Radio 3	91.3 MHz	50 W	50 W	41 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	HV
BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle (FM)	93.5 MHz	16 W	16 W	41 m	BBC_Ulst	C319	HV
Cool FM/Downtown Radio	97.1 MHz	40 W	40 W	41 m	Downtown	CC86	HV
BBC Radio 1	98.7 MHz	50 W	50 W	41 m	Radio_1_	C201	HV
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	103.5 MHz	50 W	50 W	41 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	200 W	22 m	Larne	CE15	16

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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