Freeview Light on the Langholm (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Langholm (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,300 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 Langholm (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Langholm (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Langholm 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) | 308m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 308m | DTG- | 4W |
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) | 308m | DTG- | 4W |
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 Langholm (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Langholm transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 114km northwest (317°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 29km south-southeast (167°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Langholm (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 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 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C63 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 20W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 4W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 12 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LANGHOLM transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
LANGHOLM transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Friday, 30 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
LANGHOLM transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jul 11:03 until 30 Jul 11:29. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 March 2022
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Betty Harkness 4:37 PM
Hi
I live in Langholm DG130AB, why am I getting BBC London instead of BBC Scotland
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Chris.SE4:46 PM
Betty Harkness :
Which channel are you getting that on, BBC One Scotland SD or HD, or BBC News?
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Friday, 10 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
LANGHOLM transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Mar 12:21 until 8 Mar 16:07. . [BBC]
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Friday, 5 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
9:46 AM
9:46 AM
Langholm transmitter - Langholm transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Langholm transmitter - Langholm transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 11 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:09 PM
4:09 PM
LANGHOLM transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 May 09:33 until 10 May 14:41. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 18 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
LANGHOLM transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 18 May 10:24. . [BBC]
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