Freeview Light on the Moffat (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 167m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 167m | DTG- | 2W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 167m | DTG- | 2W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 79km northwest (320°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCB | ||||||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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
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Friday, 2 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
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
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
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
Transmitter engineering
4:47 PM
4:47 PM
MOFFAT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jan 15:36. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:48 PM
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
Transmitter engineering
4:59 AM
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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Transmitter engineering
7:47 AM
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
Transmitter engineering
4:58 AM
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
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
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
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
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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