Tullamore transmitter

The Tullamore transmitter was an AM radio transmission mast located near Tullamore, Ireland. Built in 1975 to replace the Athlone transmitter, it always carried RTÉ Radio 1 on 567 kHz, at 500 kW. The old Athlone mast was used to carry RTÉ 2fm, and later decommissioned.

The entire setup was taken off-line for a time in 2004 for major maintenance, with the Clarkstown transmitter taking over Tullamore's AM broadcast.[1] Tullamore ceased analogue broadcasts permanently on 24 March 2008,[2] as the Clarkstown longwave transmitter provides improved coverage of the UK at the same transmission power.

The antenna, a 290-metre (952') tall guyed mast, is the second tallest structure in Ireland.[3]

For a time RTE Radio was broadcast a second signal from the Tullamore site, on 252Khz Long wave, before setting up of Radio Tara and the building of the Clarkstown mast, which the frequency which was allocated to.

See also

References
  1. Closedown of the Tullamore MW Transmitter www.superannrte.ie
  2. Anger as RTE to switch off medium wave by Laura Noonan, Irish Independent, January 19, 2008.
  3. "Tullamore Transmitter, Tullamore - SkyscraperPage.com".


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