Freeview Light on the Peterhead (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Peterhead (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 8,800 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 Peterhead (Aberdeenshire, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Peterhead (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, 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 Peterhead 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 92m | DTG- | 100W |
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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 92m | DTG- | 100W |
3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen micro region)), 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 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 92m | DTG- | 100W |
46 5SELECT, 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 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 44 Freeview channels?
The Peterhead (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, 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 Peterhead transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 237km southwest (221°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-aberdeen.jpg)
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 45km south-southwest (202°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Peterhead (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 15 Aug 2018 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C68 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 1 Sep 10 and 15 Sep 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, Analogue 5, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 100W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 5 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 03 Oct to 02:33 on 03 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 03 Oct to 02:33 on 03 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 PM
5:05 PM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:44 today to 15:44 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:44 yesterday to 15:44 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:44 on 08 Nov to 15:44 on 08 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 11 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 yesterday to 09:00 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 yesterday to 07:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 yesterday to 07:03 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 yesterday to 09:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 on 10 Feb to 07:03 on 10 Feb, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 on 10 Feb to 09:00 on 10 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 on 10 Feb to 09:00 on 10 Feb, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 on 10 Feb to 07:03 on 10 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Mar 10:27 until 23 Mar 10:39. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
PETERHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Mar 10:27 until 23 Mar 10:39. . [BBC]
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