Freeview Light on the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,000 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 Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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 TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Galashiels 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 295m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 295m | DTG- | 20W |
3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 295m | DTG- | 20W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 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 Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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 TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Galashiels transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 98km west-northwest (288°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-lookaround.jpg)
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 82km south (187°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2008 | 2008-13 | 31 Mar 2017- | |||||
E | E | E | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C68 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 6 Nov 08 and 20 Nov 08.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Selkirk transmitter area
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Friday, 9 December 2011
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 yesterday to 09:37 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 yesterday to 09:37 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 December 2011
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 on 08 Dec to 09:37 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 on 08 Dec to 09:37 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 December 2011
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 on 08 Dec to 09:37 on 09 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 on 08 Dec to 09:37 on 09 Dec [BBC]
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Thursday, 22 December 2011
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 today [BBC]
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Friday, 23 December 2011
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 today to 23:36 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 today to 23:36 today [BBC]
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GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 yesterday to 23:36 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 yesterday to 23:36 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 December 2011
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 on 22 Dec to 23:36 on 22 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:55 on 22 Dec to 23:36 on 22 Dec [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 today [BBC]
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GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 today to 18:11 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 today to 18:11 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 yesterday to 18:11 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 yesterday to 18:11 yesterday [BBC]
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