East Midland Transmitters
Nottingham (Kimberley)
BBC A: Channel 27 - D3&4: Channel 24 - BBC B: Channel 21 - SDN: Channel 33 - Arq A: Channel 36 - Arq B: Channel 48
Local: Channel 44
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Nottinghamshire: 12C
The Nottingham TV transmitter opened in 1973. It is vertically polarised and fed from the
Waltham main station. It is a K group transmitter .
The transmitter stands West of Nottingham and close to the town of Kimberley (which it is often called).
It covers approximately half a million people.The power of the transmitter is 400 watts.
The local channel Notts TV is broadcast from this transmitter.
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Waltham - main transmitter
TV: BBC A: 32 - D3&4: 34 - BBC B: 35 - SDN: 29 - Arq A: 37 - Arq B: 31
Local Mux: 41 - Mux 7: 55
Ind. Local Radio: Smooth Radio (East Midlands): 106.6
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B Digital One: 11D Sound Digital: 11A Leicestershire: 11B Nottinghamshire: 12C
The transmitter is located at Waltham-on-the-Wolds, 5 miles north-east of Melton Mowbray and is east of the A607 between Grantham and Melton Mowbray. It has a 315 metres steel tubular mast. The main structure height to the top of the steelwork is 290.8 metres with the UHF television aerialscontained within a shroud mounted on the top.
It covers Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Eastwood Relay
TV: BBC A: 23 D3&4: 26 BBC B: 30
This low power relay transmitter fed from the Waltham Main Station serves around 1900 homes
in the centre of the town.
The photos were taken by David on February 10th 2021
Matlock Relay
TV: BBC A: 24 - D3&4: 27 - BBC B: 21
The transmitter is at High Tor in Matlock, Derbyshire.
It is a low power relay of Stanton Moor providing editorial coverage of the East Midlands.
Photo by David Allen
Little Eaton Relay
TV:BBC A: 23 - D3&4: 26 - BBC B: 30
The transmitter serves around 1,900 homes in the area shown below.
Photo taken by David Allen (February 2021)
Ambergate Relay
TV: BBC A: 25 - D3&4: 28 - BBC B: 22
This Freeview light transmitter receives its signals from Waltham and has an ERP of 37W.
Photos by David Allen (June 24th 2021)
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Belper Relay
TV: BBC A: 33 - D3&4: 48 - BBC B: 36
This Freeview Light Transmitter stands on a hill overlooking the Derbyshire town of Belper.
Photo by David Allen (March 2021)
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Ashford in the Water Relay
TV: BBC A: 33 - D3&4: 36 - BBC B: 48
This Freeview Light Transmitter overlooks the charming Derbyshire village of Ashford in the water
which is just outside the Market town of Bakewell. This photo was taken by David on March 20th 2021.
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Mansfield Radio Transmitter
Radio Nottingham: 95.5
Capital FM (East Midlands): 96.5 - Mansfield 103.2: 103.2
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B- Digital One: 11D - Nottinghamshire: 12C
This is at Fishpond Hill outside the town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Mapperley Ridge
BBC Radio Nottingham: 103.8
Capital FM (East Midlands): 96.2
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Sound Digital: 11A - Nottinghamshire: 12C
Photo by David Allen
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Stamford
TV: BBC A: 47 - D3&4: 41 - BBC B: 44
This Freeview Light transmitter is fed from the Waltham main transmitter and covers about 2,900 homes in this Lincolnshire town.
Photo by David Allen
Stanton Moor
TV:BBC A: 23 - D3&4: 26 - BBC B: 30
BBC Radio: Radio 1: 99.4 - Radio 2: 89.8 - Radio 3: 92.0 - Radio 4: 94.2
Radio Derby: 95.3
Greatest Hits Radio (Chesterfield): 102.0
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Derbyshire: 10B
Photo by David Allen (March 2021)
Parwich
TV: BBC A: 24 - D3&4: 27 - BBC B: 21
This Freeview Light Transmitter is a relay of Waltham and serves the village of Parwich in Derbyshire. The original picture of the wooden pole was taken by me some years ago. Today (May 5th 2021) I went back and took this photo of the metal pole as it now is. This involved a trek up the hill but it was well worth it. The two transmit aerials are at the top and the single receiving aerial for Waltham is at the bottom.
Derby
This aerial is on the roof of the Royal Derby Hospital.
Digital TV: BBC A: 48 - D3&4: 33 - BBC B: 36
This Freeview light transmitter serves approximately 3,300 homes. The signals are received from the
Waltham main station on the bottom aerial and rebroadcasts on the top ones. The transmitter is
mainly there to provide the East Midland Services of BBC 1 and ITV 1as the predominant signal is from Sutton Coldfield.
Grantham
BBC Radio 1: 97.7 - Radio 2: 88.1 - Radio 3: 90.3 - Radio 4: 92.5
Radio Lincolnshire: 104.7 - Lincs FM: 96.7
Grantham is a relay of Belmont
Photo by David Allen
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Grantham Newgate
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Lincolnshire: 12A
This relay for digital radio is sited not far from Belton House. Signals for the DAB services are, I suspect,
pick up on the sat dish above. Photos were taken by David on April 5th 2021.
Lincoln Central
TV: BBC A: 44 - D3&4: 41 -BBC B: 47
This is a Freeview Light Transmitter mounted on the roof of a residential block. This relay is fed from the Belmont Transmitter so the BBC and ITV variants are Lincolnshire/ East Yorkshire.
Leicester Relay
TV: BBC A: 25 - D3&4: 28 - BBC B: 22
This Freview Light transmitter is located on a tall building in the city.
Boston AM
Absolute Radio: 1242 kHz Talk Sport: 1107 kHz
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Copt Oak Main Radio Transmitter
Radio Leicester: 104.9 - Gem 106: 106.0
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Leicestershire: 11B
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Darley Dale Relay
TV: BBC A: 44 - D3&4: 41 - BBC B: 47
This Freeview Light transmitter is on a hill to the north of the Derbyshire town of Matlock and is fed from the Waltham transmitter. This picture was taken on March 31st 2021.
Birchover
TV: BBC A: 39 - D3&4: 45 - BBC B: 42
This low power relay serves a small area west of Matlock and fills in for the Stanton Moor station nearby
from where it receives its signal. The village is shielded from Stanton Moor by a hill. The transmitter
carries the East Midlands services of BBC 1 and Itv. The transmitter is located in the metal case at the
base of the wooden mast.
Ashbourne
TV: BBC A: 25 - D3&4: 28 - BBC B: 22
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B This Freeview Light Transmitter is located on a hill overlooking the Derbyshire Dales town. These photos were taken on March 18th 2021.
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Ashbourne Radio
Imagine Radio - 97.6 fm - Derbyshire and East Staffordshire
This local commercial radio station has had a number of incarnations and now is part of a chain of stations.
At one time it was known as Ashborne FM. Other stations cover the Derbyshire High Peak and
Southern Manchester. The transmitter and the local studio is sited in this residential area of the town.
These photos were taken by David on March 18th 2021.
Ilkeston Radio Transmitter
Erewash Sound - 96.8 fm
This is one of two transmitters for Erewash Sound the community radio station in the Erewash Borough of Derbyshire. It began broadcasts in 2010 and is sited on the roof of once was the COOP Building in the centre of the town. A second transmitter at Risley was added
in 2020 to improve reception in the south of the borough.
Risley Radio Transmitter
Erewash Sound - 103.5 fm
This is the second Transmitter for Erewash Sound, the Community Radio Station for southern part Erewash Borough of Derbyshire. It is sited on the side of a local farm building and opened in 2020. The other (see below) transmitter is on the top of a building in the centre of Ilkeston, one of two major towns in the area situated midway between Nottingham and Derby.
Northampton
BBC Radio 1: 98.5 - Radio 2: 88.9 - Radio 3: 91.1 - Radio 4: 93.3
Radio Northampton: 104.2
Heart FM (Four Counties): 96.6
Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B - Northamptonshire: 10C
Peterborough (Gunthorpe)
Peterborough
Radio Transmitter - 2024
National Radio:Radio 1: 99.7 Radio 2: 90.1 Radio 3: 92.3 Radio 4: 94.5 Classic FM: 101.9 Local Radio:Radio Cambridgeshire: 95.7 Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B Digital One: 11D Peterborough: 12D Sound Digital: 11A
Photo by Jack Richardson
Clipstone
Talk Sport (mw) - 1071 KHz
Quandon
Gold (East Midlands): 945kHz
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Derbyshire: 10B
Mapperley Transmitter (Community)
Dawn FM: 107.6 - Radio Faza: 97.1
This mast carries two Community Radio Stations from the dipole aerials. The mast is at the back of a block of shops on the Woodborough Road just out of Nottingham City Centre.
Belper Radio Transmitter
Amber Sound - Community Radio - Belper - 98.4fm
This is the second transmitter for this long standing Community Radio Station the other being in Ripley. This photo was taken by David on March 16th 2021.
Ripley Radio Transmitter
Amber Sound Community Radio
107.2 fm
This is the studio and Transmitter site for this community radio station in Amber Valley part of Derbyshire. The second transmitter site in Belpe extends its service area.
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Nottingham Pine View Community Transmitter
Kemet Radio - 97.5 fm - 25 watts
Kemet Radio is a community radio station covering an area of west Nottingham. The transmitter is sited on this block of flats in the Radford area of the city. The mast is a traditional single pole fed I think by a square micro wave link aerial. The studio is on Alfreton Road. Kemet FM is an urban radio station founded by Marceline Powell in 2007 and its focus is on the music and culture of the city's African and Caribbean communities.
Barwell Transmitter
Digital Radio: Coventry: 12D
This unusual site for a transmitter is in Leicestershire not far from Hinckley.
It used to be an FM transmitter for Fosse FM which has moved to Hinckley and replaces Oak FM.
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Loughborough Transmitter
Fosse 107: 107.0 - Sabras Radio: 102.1
This FM transmitter aerial is mounted on the roof of the University not far from the town centre.
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Bolehill Transmitter
TV: BBC A: 41 - D3&4: 44 - BBC B: 47
Digital Radio:BBC National: 12B - Derbyshire: 10B
This tv and digital radio relay is served by the Waltham main transmitter. It stands on a hill
with great views across this Derbyshire Valley south of Matlock.
Photos by David Allen (March 2021)
Spalding Drove DAB Transmitter
Digital Radio: BBC National: 12B - Digital One: 11D - Peterborough: 12D
Click Here to see the coverage area of the Peterborough Digital area - Arquiva
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