Freeview Light on the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,400 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.
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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 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, 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 Lochwinnoch 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 | H max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 17W |
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 | H max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 17W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 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 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 17W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 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 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, 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 Lochwinnoch transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 24km east-northeast (73°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 24km east-northeast (73°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 86W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 17W |
Local transmitter maps
Lochwinnoch Freeview Darvel TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 07:04 today to 07:17 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 May 2011
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 07:04 yesterday to 07:17 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 06:15 yesterday to 07:15 yesterday [BBC]
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Monday, 10 October 2011
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Over the next week Lochwinnoch relay: no analogue TV, TV (digital) Service Shutdowns, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Friday, 5 July 2013
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Ian Young10:06 AM
Have been receiving signal from Blackhill for years. Suddenly morning 4 July signal has become unwatchable on all channels. Signal strength normally ran about 80/90 with only occasional 1/2 bit errors. Now signal strength jumps between 0 and 80 with bit errors between 0 and 2000. There seems to be a rhythmical pattern to this 0/80 signal strength. Have tried retune and it takes a while but still picks up Blackhill. Anyone any further ideas, wondering about interference from any newly switched on transmitters close to Lochwinnoch(possibly 4G)?
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:37 today to 17:39 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:37 today to 17:39 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:37 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:37 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:37 on 15 Jul to 17:39 on 15 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:37 on 15 Jul to 17:39 on 15 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:54 yesterday to 00:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:54 yesterday to 00:23 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:54 on 12 Jan to 00:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:54 on 12 Jan to 00:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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