Brougher Mountain transmitting station


Brougher Mountain transmitting station is a major transmitting station in Northern Ireland. It is located between County Tyrone and County Fermanagh, on top of a high hill called Brougher Mountain.
It has four other transmitter sites in its digital television transmitter group, at Ederny, Derrygonnelly, Belcoo, and Lisbellaw.
Brougher Mountain came into service on 24 February 1964, transmitting the BBC Television Service on VHF 405 lines.
The ITV service provided by Ulster Television launched from the Strabane transmitter located 40 miles north of Brougher Mountain on 18 February 1963 and its coverage extended down to the area covered by Brougher Mountain.
It became the main UHF transmitter for the area in July 1978, when BBC One, BBC Two and ITV started transmitting in colour on the 625 line UHF service. Channel 4 started transmitting from the transmitter in December 1983.
Due to its close proximity to the Irish republic, since the transmitter went on air in 1964, many living in counties Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo could receive the UK channels via spill-over signals from Brougher Mountain, as well as the Strabane transmitter.

Services transmitted by frequency

Analogue radio

Digital radio

Digital television

Including Sept 2019 Frequency changes.
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
21 2SDNDVB-T
31 20Digital 3&4DVB-T
242Arqiva ADVB-T
37 20BBC BDVB-T2
272Arqiva BDVB-T
29 20BBC ADVB-T
30 2NImuxDVB-T2

Analogue television (before 24 October 2012)