Moorside Edge transmitting station, opened in 1931, was originally constructed to radiate the BBC's North Regional (from 17 May on 626 kHz) and National Programmes (from 12 July on 995 kHz).[1]
It is – at 400 kW – one of the most powerful mediumwave radio transmitters in Britain. Formed of two 158-metre-high steel lattice towers, it is located just above Moorside Edge (grid reference SE070154). Other nearby transmitting stations are Holme Moss (11.56 km, bearing 168.17°) and Emley Moor (15.4 km, bearing 99.41°).
Moorside Edge MW radio transmitter
As with most mediumwave transmitters, a good "signal earth" is important and this is assured by the waterlogged nature of the ground on which it is built. The site's location on the Pennine Hills means that signals from Moorside Edge can be received at very long distances: as far north as Scotland, as far south as the Midlands, as far west as Dublin, and well beyond the country's eastern (North Sea) coast.
One of the four Ruston generating sets originally installed at Moorside Edge, now preserved at the Internal Fire Museum of Power
The station is now owned and operated by Arqiva and broadcasts the following services:
Frequency
kW
Service
909 kHz
400
BBC Radio 5 Live
1089 kHz
400 (night) 200 (day)
Talksport
Formerly:
Frequency
kW
Service
Ceased
1215 kHz
200
Absolute Radio
20 January 2023[2]
^McCarthy, Clive (28 May 2007). "Development of the BBC A.M. Transmitter Network" (PDF). bbceng.info. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^"Absolute Radio to switch off all AM transmitters across the UK". 4 January 2023.
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