Freeview Light on the Balgownie (Aberdeen City, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Balgownie (Aberdeen City, Scotland) transmitter which serves 9,100 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 Balgownie (Aberdeen City, 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 Balgownie (Aberdeen City, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Balgownie 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 8W |
 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 8W |
 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 8W |
 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 Balgownie (Aberdeen City, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Balgownie transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 199km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 7km south-southeast (164°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Balgownie (Aberdeen City, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 Aug 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 | 40W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
BALGOWNIE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Friday, 16 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 18 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:17 PM
11:17 PM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Friday, 10 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
BALGOWNIE transmitter - DAB: Low power due to a fault from 2 Mar 21:21. . [BBC]
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Friday, 15 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/09/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Balgownie transmitter - Balgownie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/09/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Saturday, 23 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BALGOWNIE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Sep 12:20 until 18 Sep 12:30. . [BBC]
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