Freeview Light on the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 20,000 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 Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, 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 Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 5 1, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Challenge, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Rewind TV, Sky Mix HD, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV , That's TV 2, Tiny Pop, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTR, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, U&Drama 1, U&W.
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 Millburn Muir 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITV Quiz, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 49 4seven, 71 That's TV 3, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 69 LEGEND XTRA, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 5 1, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Challenge, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Rewind TV, Sky Mix HD, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV , That's TV 2, Tiny Pop, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTR, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, U&Drama 1, U&W.
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 Millburn Muir transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 24km southeast (127°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 24km southeast (127°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C45 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Saturday, 25 January 2025
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jimmy10:20 PM
New estimated time of rectifying the power problem.....
Estimated restored time: 27/01/2025 14:00
33 pages of captcha?????
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Sunday, 26 January 2025
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jimmy4:43 PM
Good news rectification has been brought forward......
Our electricity network has sustained damage from Storm Eowyn, resulting in disruption to your supply. Power has been restored to some properties, however repairs continue for those that are still without power. We are aiming to have all power restored by 27/01/2025, 00:00. If you require any further help or support, please call us on 1 0 5. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
So midnight tonight!
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jimmy7:27 PM
Television signal restored 1920 hours or earlier (just noticed) Dumbarton East G82
This captcha is ridiculous just had 25 pages of it then gave up lets try again!!!!!!
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Steve Donaldson8:27 PM
jimmy: Thanks for letting us know. This is good to hear.
BBC Reception [ Welcome to BBC Reception Advice | Help receiving TV and radio ] is reporting that TV was restored at 19:08 and that FM and DAB radio were both restored at 19:39.
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Sunday, 12 October 2025
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jimmy2:13 PM
All Friday night until about 10pm and now today since switch on about an hour ago just blank screens it tells you the name of the program ok but there is just a back blank screen. G82 area. Millburn Muir.
Now...there is a "reported problem" :)
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jimmy7:37 PM
The restore was very short lived the millburn muir is still off it's been like that all day and upon checking with my sister in law who lives in Belsmyre her tv is off too she also uses Millburn muir. Yes there are no reports? We live at least a mile apart G82 !EE is her post code mine is G82 !RH she has no channels until after ch67.
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jimmy8:48 PM
Back on again here's hoping it lasts this time and my sis in law is back too!
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Chris.SE9:18 PM
jimmy:
It's weather conditions apparently according to BBC reports -
From 8:14pm on 12th Oct 2025 Weather conditions may be affecting your reception
From 3:15am to 8:10am on 11th Oct 2025 Weather conditions may be affecting your reception
From 10:41pm on 10th Oct 2025 to 2:17am on 11th Oct 2025 Weather conditions may be affecting your reception
From 5:35pm to 10:18pm on 10th Oct 2025 Weather conditions may be affecting your reception
According to the BBC Problems may continue for a few days -
High pressure may affect TV & Radio services across parts of the UK from 10 October 2025
High-pressure weather conditions are currently affecting most areas of the UK, causing problems to television and radio services. This is predicted to continue until the middle of next week, then it should start to clear.
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jimmy9:47 PM
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/freeview-viewers-may-face-outages/
DO NOT RETUNE YOUR SET!
It's going on until Wednesday!
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