North Hessary Tor transmitting station


Situated on the summit of North Hessary Tor in Devon, England is an FM radio and television transmitter which uses as aerial a high guyed mast. It was built by the BBC in 1955 when a transmitter was needed to introduce 405 line television into Devon. It now carries a small UHF TV transmitter which serves Princetown and Dartmoor. FM radio transmissions began in 1956 and cover most of Devon and eastern parts of Cornwall. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Services listed by frequency

Analogue radio (FM VHF)

Analogue television

17 December 19543 January 1985

Until 12 August 2009

Analogue and digital television

12 August 20099 September 2009

Digital television

9 September 2009 - June 2013

From June 2013

In June 2013, BBC A moved from UHF 62 to UHF 50, to allow for the clearance of the 800 MHz band for 4G LTE mobile services.
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
500.0025BBC ADVB-T
550.0025BBC BDVB-T2
590.0025Digital 3&4DVB-T