Freeview Light on the Cathcart (Glasgow City, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cathcart (Glasgow 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 Cathcart (Glasgow 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 Cathcart (Glasgow 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Cathcart 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 8W |
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) | 111m | DTG- | 8W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 111m | 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Cathcart (Glasgow 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Cathcart transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 4km north (1°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 4km north (6°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Cathcart (Glasgow City, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 19 Sep 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C63 | 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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 8W |
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Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:46 AM
8:46 AM
CATHCART transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jul 03:22 until 14 Jul 04:29. . [BBC]
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Friday, 13 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:49 AM
10:49 AM
Cathcart transmitter - Cathcart transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:20 AM
5:20 AM
Cathcart transmitter - Cathcart transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 20 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
CATHCART transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Aug 11:04 until 17 Aug 11:20. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:08 AM
10:08 AM
Cathcart transmitter - Cathcart transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Cathcart transmitter - Cathcart transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:09 AM
4:09 AM
Cathcart transmitter - Cathcart transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 5 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Cathcart transmitter - Cathcart transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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