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The symbol shows the location of the Moffat (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,500 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Moffat (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Moffat transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)167mDTG-2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)167mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C39 (618.0MHz)167mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Moffat (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Moffat transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 79km northwest (320°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 61km southeast (145°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees

How will the Moffat (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Jul 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBCB
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C52tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 6W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4.8dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck Scotland transmitter area

Sep 1961-Feb 2004Border Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Moffat was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Friday, 2 August 2019
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5:08 AM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 31 Jul to 09:54 on 31 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Saturday, 3 August 2019
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11:09 PM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 31 Jul to 09:54 on 31 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 31 Jul to 09:54 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Sunday, 4 August 2019
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8:09 PM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 31 Jul to 09:54 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Tuesday, 14 January 2020
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4:47 PM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jan 15:36. . [BBC]

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7:48 PM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jan 15:36 until 14 Jan 15:48. . [BBC]

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Friday, 17 January 2020
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4:59 AM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Jan 00:04. Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jan 15:36 until 14 Jan 15:48. . [BBC]

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7:47 AM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Jan 00:04 until 17 Jan 04:55. Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jan 15:36 until 14 Jan 15:48. . [BBC]

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Monday, 20 January 2020
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4:58 AM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Jan 00:04 until 17 Jan 04:55. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 18 February 2020
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7:28 PM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Feb 10:10 until 18 Feb 11:14. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 26 February 2020
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4:34 AM

MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Feb 10:10 until 18 Feb 11:14. . [BBC]

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