Freeview Light on the Dromore (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dromore (Northern Ireland) 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 Dromore (Northern Ireland) 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 Dromore (Northern Ireland) 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 Dromore 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
3 UTV (SD) (UTV), 4 Channel 4 (SD) NI ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 NI ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD Northern Ireland, 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Dromore (Northern Ireland) 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 Dromore transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,043km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Dromore (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C55tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | 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 10 Oct 12 and 24 Oct 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 4W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Monday, 21 November 2011
DROMORE transmitter - Over the next week Dromore relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
DROMORE transmitter - 22 November 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that may be subject to reduced power: Analogue services - Not Applicable Digital services - BBC A, D3&4, BBC B, SDN, Arqiva A and Arqiva B [DUK] Over the next week Dromore relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
DROMORE transmitter - 30 November 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK]
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
At switchover the Dromore transmitter will be off air from midnight until 3pm on 24th October 2012 - see UK Digital switchover ends - Northern Ireland completes on 24th October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice for full details.
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Monday, 15 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
DROMORE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 26 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
DROMORE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 2 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
DROMORE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 9 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
9:16 AM
9:16 AM
Dromore transmitter - Dromore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 27 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
Dromore transmitter - Dromore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 30 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Dromore transmitter - Dromore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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