Freeview Light on the Craigellachie (Moray, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Craigellachie (Moray, Scotland) transmitter which serves 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 Craigellachie (Moray, 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 Craigellachie (Moray, 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 Craigellachie 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 227m | DTG- | 14W |
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) | 227m | DTG- | 14W |
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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 227m | DTG- | 14W |
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 Craigellachie (Moray, 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 Craigellachie transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 192km south-southwest (202°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 79km east-southeast (120°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Craigellachie (Moray, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 Aug 2017 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C54tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C58tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C61 | D3+4 | ||||||||
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 Sep 10 and 22 Sep 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 70W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 14W |
Local transmitter maps
Craigellachie Freeview Knock More TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Knock More transmitter area
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Saturday, 2 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:58 yesterday to 22:07 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:58 yesterday to 22:07 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 on 01 Feb to 23:18 on 01 Feb, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:58 on 01 Feb to 22:07 on 01 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 on 01 Feb to 23:18 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:58 on 01 Feb to 22:07 on 01 Feb, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 on 01 Feb to 23:18 on 01 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:45 on 01 Feb to 23:18 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 today to 15:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 today to 15:05 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 on 10 Jul to 15:05 on 10 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 on 10 Jul to 15:05 on 10 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Apr 17:01 until 6 Apr 17:47. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:50 AM
10:50 AM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Jan 08:25 until 7 Jan 08:58. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:12 AM
11:12 AM
CRAIGELLACHIE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jan 10:14 until 14 Jan 10:21. . [BBC]
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