Torquay Town

England · TV and FM

Position: 50.463520, -3.529333
Grid reference: SX91556375
Nation: England
Ground height: 78 m
Antenna height: 28 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: South West
ITV region: Westcountry
ITV news region: Westcountry
Parent transmitter: Beacon Hill
Ofcom site number: 13617

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SX91556375 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	0.07% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Torquay Town is the strongest signal for television and FM radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C30	546 MHz	40 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	40 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	40 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
Torbay Radio	107.9 MHz	170 W	170 W	25 m	_Torbay_	CC5F	—