Chillerton Down transmitting station

50°38′57″N 1°19′44″W / 50.649167°N 1.328889°W / 50.649167; -1.328889Grid referenceSZ475835Built30 August 1958ITV regionSouthern Television (1958-1981)
TVS (1982-1985)

The Chillerton Down transmitting station is a broadcasting facility for FM and DAB radio at Chillerton Down, above the village of Chillerton on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England (grid reference SZ475835). The transmitter was erected in 1958 and uses a 228.9-metre (751 ft) high guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section as an aerial.^[1]

History

Construction

It was built by BICC.^[2]

Transmission

It was originally used to transmit Southern Television, and later TVS, until the end of VHF television transmissions in the UK at the beginning of 1985. It now transmits Wave 105, Capital South, Nation Radio South Coast, Isle of Wight Radio, the local Arqiva (NOW S. Hampshire) DAB multiplex and the national Digital One DAB multiplex.

The site is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Channels available by frequency

Analogue radio

Frequency	kW[3]	Service
103.2 MHz	2	Capital South
105.2 MHz	10	Greatest Hits Radio South Coast
106.0 MHz	4	Nation Radio South Coast
107.0 MHz 102.0 MHz	0.1	Isle of Wight Radio

Digital radio

Frequency	Block	kW	Operator
216.928 MHz	11A	5	Sound Digital Limited
221.352 MHz	11C	5	NOW South Hampshire
222.064 MHz	11D	5	Digital One

Analogue television

VHF analogue television was transmitted from Chillerton Down from its launch in 1958 until the nationwide shutdown of VHF signals in 1985.

Frequency	VHF	kW	Service
204.75 MHz	11	100	TVS (Southern Television until 1982)

See also

• List of masts
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain

References

External links

• The Transmission Gallery: photographs and information
• Antenna picture
• Chillerton Down Transmitter at thebigtower.com