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Cairn Hill transmission site

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45: 29: 498: 462: 52: 507: 489: 480: 471: 195:(DTT) broadcasts began from Cairn Hill in February 2009, with analogue television services subsequently ending nationally on 24 October 2012. Today the transmission site, owned and operated by 572: 92: 44: 672: 565: 558: 677: 667: 662: 606: 601: 181:
were in use by existing transmitters in Ireland. The site was located to cover an area of poor reception in the
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in County Dublin. This was to facilitate the introduction of the second television channel
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being broadcast, but since 2023 all four RTÉ national stations, and local station
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is a radio and television broadcasting facility located on a 277 metre hill (
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to an extensive area in central Ireland and also into Northern Ireland.
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FM radio transmission from the site began in 2005 with only
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Cairn Hill transmission site is located in island of Ireland
County Longford
53°48′26″N 7°42′55″W / 53.807239698794895°N 7.715392246351909°W / 53.807239698794895; -7.715392246351909
Carn Clonhugh
Longford town
County Longford
UHF
Ireland
RTÉ
Three Rock
RTÉ 2
VHF frequencies
Irish midlands
Effective Radiated Power
Digital terrestrial television
2RN
RTÉ
DTT
Saorview
RTÉ Radio 1
iRadio
Saorview
Saorview
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ 2fm
RTÉ lyric fm
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
iRadio
relay transmitters

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