Editing Belmont transmitting station (section)

====19 November 1966 – 24 May 1971====
The BBC's services came online on both VHF and UHF. BBC1 was initially fed by means of an off-air rebroadcast of [[Holme Moss transmitting station|Holme Moss]] but this was plagued by co-channel interference from the continent. BBC2 was an off-air rebroadcast from [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/reports/1967-06.pdf |title=U.H.F. TRANSMITTING AERIAL FOR THE BELMONT TELEVISION STATION |date=1967 |website=downloads.bbc.co.uk |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref> On 19 March 1969, the Emley Moor mast collapsed, taking Belmont's BBC2 transmissions off-air for several days.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebigtower.com/live/Belmont/131P24000403071.htm|title=TheBigTower Belmont Dates|work=thebigtower.com}}</ref>

Despite the programme sources on VHF and UHF being (for many years) off-air rebroadcasts of other transmitters in the vicinity, Belmont was always regarded by the BBC as being a "main station" both on VHF and UHF. The IBA initially regarded it as a relay of [[Mendlesham transmitting station|Mendlesham]] (and numbered it 14.2 in their numbering of VHF stations) but from 1974 it became a "main station" for Yorkshire Television (renumbered as 20.0 in the IBA's numbering of VHF stations)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolfbane.com/uk405.htm|title=Former U.K. Television Stations|work=wolfbane.com}}</ref> after changes in the minor franchise areas.

It was always number 120.0 in the BBC/IBA numbering scheme for UHF stations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolfbane.com/articles/uktv2.htm|title=Former U.K. Television Stations (UHF Analogue System)|work=wolfbane.com}}</ref>).

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!{{no2}}Frequency
!{{no2}}VHF
!{{no2}}UHF
!{{no2}}kW
!{{no2}}Service
|-
|{{UK System A|ch=7}}
|7V
|—
|20
|Anglia
|-
|{{UK System A|ch=13}}
|13V
|—
|20
|[[BBC1|BBC1 North]]
|-
|{{UK System I|ch=28}}
|—
|28
|500
|[[BBC2|BBC2 North]]
|}