Freeview Light on the Larne (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Larne (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 9,300 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 Larne (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 Larne (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 Larne 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 162m | 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 162m | 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 | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 162m | 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 Larne (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 Larne transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,045km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Larne (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 30 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 | BBCB | ||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
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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Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LARNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:57 yesterday to 15:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:57 yesterday to 15:06 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:57 yesterday to 15:06 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 14:57 yesterd [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LARNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:57 on 10 Jun to 15:06 on 10 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:57 on 10 Jun to 15:06 on 10 Jun. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:57 on 10 Jun to 15:06 on 10 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 14:57 on 10 J [BBC]
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Monday, 7 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
LARNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:29 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:29 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 17:29 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 17:29 to [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LARNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 yesterday to 00:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 yesterday to 00:30 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:29 yesterday to 00:30 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:29 yesterday to 00:30 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LARNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 on 07 Jul to 00:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 on 07 Jul to 00:30 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:29 on 07 Jul to 00:30 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:29 on 07 J [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LARNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 on 07 Jul to 00:30 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 on 07 Jul to 00:30 on 08 Jul. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:29 on 07 Jul to 00:30 on 08 Jul. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:29 on 07 J [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:33 PM
1:33 PM
LARNE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:10 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
LARNE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:10 today to 12:28 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LARNE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:10 yesterday to 12:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LARNE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:10 on 04 Sep to 12:28 on 04 Sep. [BBC]
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