Freeview Light on the Killowen Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Killowen Mountain (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 Killowen Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Killowen Mountain (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Killowen Mountain 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 454m | DTG-3 | 5W |
1 BBC One (SD) Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 454m | DTG-3 | 5W |
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, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 UTV +1 (UTV), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 454m | DTG-6 | 5W |
72 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 50 Freeview channels?
The Killowen Mountain (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Killowen Mountain 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 Killowen Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 150W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-14.8dB) 5W |
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 withheldSaturday, 2 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 today to 01:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 yesterday to 09:29 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 yesterday to 09:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 today to 01:36 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 today to 01:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 yesterday to 09:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 today to 01:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 yesterday to 09:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 today to 09:45 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 yesterday to 01:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 yesterday to 09:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 on 01 Feb to 09:29 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 yesterday to 09:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 yesterday to 01:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 on 01 Feb to 09:29 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 4 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 on 02 Feb to 09:45 on 02 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 on 02 Feb to 01:36 on 02 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 on 01 Feb to 09:29 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 on 02 Feb to 01:36 on 02 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 on 02 Feb to 09:45 on 02 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 on 01 Feb to 09:29 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:20 on 01 Feb to 09:29 on 01 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 on 02 Feb to 01:36 on 02 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 on 02 Feb to 09:45 on 02 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
KILLOWEN MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:20 on 02 Feb to 01:36 on 02 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:44 on 02 Feb to 09:45 on 02 Feb. [BBC]
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