Limavady transmitting station

Limavady transmitting station is a television and radio transmitter situated near the town of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is owned and operated by Arqiva. The Limavady transmitter was brought into service on Monday 1 December 1975, to provide UHF colour television to the North West of Northern Ireland, transmitting BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two Northern Ireland and Ulster Television. Channel 4 would be added to the transmitter in August 1983. A UHF relay of the transmitter was also opened on Monday 1 December 1975 at the Londonderry transmitter, which had been transmitting BBC Television (later renamed BBC One) and radio on VHF since it commenced transmissions on Wednesday 18 December 1957. BBC FM radio services from Limavady began in 1987 replacing a previous (lower powered) site at Maddybenny More. Commercial FM radio service having begun the previous year.