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Turners Hill Transmitter

Coordinates: 52°29′47″N 2°02′55″W / 52.49642°N 2.04870°W / 52.49642; -2.04870
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Turners Hill Transmitter
The towers in March 2007
LocationTurners Hill, Sandwell, West Midlands, England
Coordinates52°29′47″N 2°02′55″W / 52.49642°N 2.04870°W / 52.49642; -2.04870
Turners Hill 2 in March 2007

Turners Hill Transmitter refers to a pair of free-standing radio and television towers on Turners Hill, on the border of Dudley and Rowley Regis in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell; both localities being in the West Midlands of England.[1] They are approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Oldbury.[2]

One is made from lattice steel; and the other, "Turners Hill 2," with a height of 60.96 metres (200 ft), is made of concrete, topped by a steel antenna.[2]

They carry multiplexes 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D and 12B.[1][3]

It also broadcasts Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire on 97.2 FM.

A local landmark, the masts are visible from the nearby M5 motorway and M6 motorway, and from as far afield as Barr Beacon.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Turners Hill (Sandwell, England) DAB transmitter". UK Free TV. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Turners Hill Transmitter in United Kingdom". Virtual Globetrotting. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ^ List of Radio Transmitters in West Midlands