Freeview Light on the Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 2,800 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 Kilkeel (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 Kilkeel (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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Kilkeel 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) | 291m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 291m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | C46+ (674.2MHz) | 291m | DTG- | 400W |
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 Kilkeel (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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Kilkeel transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,041km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | ||||
C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | 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 10 Oct 12 and 24 Oct 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 3 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 today to 11:53 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:09 today to 12:16 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 yesterday to 11:53 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:09 yesterday to 12:16 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 5 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 on 03 May to 11:53 on 03 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:09 on 03 May to 12:16 on 03 May. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 16 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 today to 11:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 today to 11:23 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 yesterday to 11:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 yesterday to 11:23 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 on 16 May to 11:23 on 16 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:23 on 16 May to 11:23 on 16 May. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Sunday, 24 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:47 today to 17:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:47 today to 17:49 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
KILKEEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:47 yesterday to 17:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:47 yesterday to 17:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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