Freeview Light on the Deanston (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Deanston (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Deanston (Stirling, 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 Deanston (Stirling, 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 Deanston 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) | 52m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 2W |
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) | 52m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Deanston (Stirling, 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 Deanston transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 40km south-southwest (202°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 40km south-southwest (201°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Deanston (Stirling, 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 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C57tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C60tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C63 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 7 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
3:08 PM
3:08 PM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:08 PM
6:08 PM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 today to 15:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 today to 15:30 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 yesterday to 15:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 yesterday to 15:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 9 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 on 07 Apr to 15:30 on 07 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:51 on 07 Apr to 15:30 on 07 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 21 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:12 on 19 Sep to 13:08 on 19 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:12 on 19 Sep to 12:11 on 19 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 28 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Feb 13:27 until 28 Feb 16:42. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Feb 13:27 until 28 Feb 16:42. . [BBC]
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Friday, 30 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:27 PM
1:27 PM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Oct 14:23 until 28 Oct 14:59. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Jan 10:29 until 27 Jan 11:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:17 PM
6:17 PM
DEANSTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 15:13 until 26 Nov 15:38. . [BBC]
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