West Kilbride

Scotland · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 55.695664, -4.841842
Grid reference: NS21494835
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 170 m
Antenna height: 47 m
Aerial group: Group B — C35–53, the middle
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV Central
ITV news region: STV Central West
Parent transmitter: Black Hill
Ofcom site number: 15203

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NS21494835 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	0.06% 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	0.06% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where West Kilbride 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	C44	658 MHz	200 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C41	634 MHz	200 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C47	682 MHz	200 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	43 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	V
BBC Radio 3	91.3 MHz	—	50 W	43 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	V
BBC Radio Scotland (FM)	93.5 MHz	—	50 W	43 m	BBC_Scot	C415	V
BBC Radio 1	98.7 MHz	—	50 W	43 m	Radio_1_	C201	V
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	103.5 MHz	—	50 W	43 m	_BBC_R4	C204	V

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
Ayr	11B	218.640 MHz	1.5 kW	34 m	Ayr	C19B	13

Ayr — block 11B

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