Tullamore transmitter
Coordinates: 53°16′42″N 07°22′18″W / 53.27833°N 7.37167°W 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 500kW. The 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 Tullamores job of carrying RTÉ Radio 1 to AM listeners in Ireland and the UK. It ceased analogue broadcasts permanently on 24 March 2008[1], as the newer, more efficient and hence cheaper to run Clarkestown transmitter provides wider coverage. It is likely[citation needed] the mast and ITU allocation may be reused for Digital Radio Mondiale, which RTÉ has been experimentally using on shortwave and longwave.
The antenna, a 290 metre tall guyed mast, is the 2nd tallest in Ireland.
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