Burghead Transmitting Station

Burghead
Burghead masts from the east
Burghead Transmitting Station (Moray)
LocationBurghead, Moray
Mast height153.6 metres (504 ft) (North)
154.2 metres (506 ft) (South)
Coordinates57°41′56″N 3°28′11″W / 57.698889°N 3.469722°W / 57.698889; -3.469722
Grid referenceNJ125685
Built12 October 1936

The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead (grid reference NJ125685) in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. The site is owned by Arqiva and houses a long wave radio transmitter on 198 kHz broadcasting BBC Radio 4 and two medium wave radio transmitters, broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live on 693 kHz and BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz. The long wave transmitter is part of a network transmitting on the same frequency, the other transmitters being Droitwich and Westerglen.

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