History

The building was commissioned by the Post Office and opened for business in 1956.

Confirmation of the first North Sea oil find was relayed through Stonehaven radio from the Sea Quest drilling rig.  This was the BP Forties Field which was announced to the public in 1970.  The field started production in 1975.

The government requirement that BT radio service maintain a distress watch on the 500HZ wavelength came to an end on 31^st December 1997.  Morse traffic and weather forecasts to shipping continued and these UK wide services were centralised at Stonehaven which became the final staffed station in the UK.  Stonehaven radio station closed on 30^th June 2000 and at the end of service life it also controlled the following coastal stations:

• Wick Radio
• Lands End Radio
• Portpatrick Radio
• Humber Radio 

BT (British Telecommunications PLC) 

For details of the BT heritage policy click here 

Telereal 

For details of Telereal see their website here 

Photographs 

Some pictures from earlier years here 

Some pictures of the dilapidated state at present