BBC Lincolnshire - Transmitters and Coverage

Transmitters and Coverage

The main signal on 94.9FM comes from the Belmont transmitting station near Donington on Bain in the north of the county, which, until the height reduction carried out in September/October 2009, was the tallest mast in Europe, although the MW signal comes from Lincoln. The FM signal is patchy along the southern edge of the county e.g. in Stamford, Market Deeping and Spalding, and MW is also weak in the south of the county. South Lincolnshire listeners will often find stronger reception of Peterborough local stations. North of Lincoln the FM frequency is clear. The Grantham signal, from just south of the town, is a filler transmitter with low power. Radio Lincolnshire was the only local radio station in Lincolnshire until 1992, when Lincs FM began, also broadcast from Belmont.

With the station's transmitter being one of the highest in Europe, coverage spans nearby counties as well, and the station can be heard on the M1 from Trowell (Nottingham) up to Barnsley, where it interferes with BBC Tees, formerly Radio Cleveland.

Monks' Dyke Technology College in Louth is used for the East Lindsey reports. District outposts are important due to the time taken on Lincolnshire's ill-equipped roads.