title: Kirk o' Shotts transmitting station
text: The Kirk o' Shotts transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site at The Hirst which lies just outside the village of Salsburgh which is near the town of Shotts in North Lanarkshire central Scotland. (Kirk o' Shotts means 'Church of Shotts' and takes its name from nearby Kirk o' Shotts Parish Church and Kirk o' Shotts Primary School both located as you enter the nearby village of Salsburgh.)
  
  History
  
  Construction
  It was built by BICC.
  
  Transmission
  The BBC 405-line television service in Scotland started from Kirk o' Shotts on 14 March 1952 using low power reserve transmitters (Marconi). Full service began on 17 August 1952 using the main high power transmitters (Vision EMI Type 5704, Sound STC Type CTS-12).  The station provided a service to a potential 4.1 million viewers and operated on Channel 3 (Vision 56.75 MHz, Sound 53.25 MHz) and transmissions were vertically polarised.
  
  It subsequently became the main national FM transmitting station for the area, although that role is now filled by the nearby site at Black Hill.
  
  Three DAB multiplexes are broadcast from the site: BBC (12B), Digital One (12A) and Switch Scotland (11D).
  
  It has a  tall guyed mast, built in 1952. The mast was originally  tall.
  
  The station is owned by Arqiva.
  
  Services available
  
  Digital radio
  
  Analogue television
  VHF analogue television was transmitted from Kirk o' Shotts from its launch in 1952 until the nationwide shutdown of VHF signals in 1985.
  
  See also
  List of masts
  List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom
  Salsburgh
  
  References
  
  Further reading
  Pawley, Edward,  BBC Engineering 1922–1972, BBC Publications 1972,
  
  External links 
   Kirk o' Shotts mast and towers at www.lamont.me.uk
   Kirk o' Shotts at The Big Tower at www.thebigtower.com
  
  Transmitter sites in Scotland
  Buildings and structures in North Lanarkshire