Freeview Light on the Londonderry (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Londonderry (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 37,000 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 Londonderry (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 Londonderry (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 Londonderry 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 286m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 286m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 286m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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 Londonderry (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 Londonderry transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,052km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Londonderry (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | W T | W T | B E T | W T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | _local | _local |
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 5 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-4.9dB) 3.2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 8 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
6:09 PM
6:09 PM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - AM: Radio 5 Live Off Air from 13:40 on 06 Dec to 14:07 on 06 Dec. LW: Radio 4 MF Off Air from 13:42 on 06 Dec to 14:07 on 06 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 12 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - Relay , , Possible service interruptions , , [DUK]
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Monday, 27 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
1:34 PM
1:34 PM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:23 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today, Radio Foyle FM Weak Signal from 1 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:23 today to 15:07 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today to 15:07 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today to 15:07 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 today to 15:07 today, Radio 4 FM Wea [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:23 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 yesterday to [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:23 on 27 Feb to 15:07 on 27 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 on 27 Feb to 15:07 on 27 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 on 27 Feb to 15:07 on 27 Feb, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:23 on 27 Feb to [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - AM: Radio 5 Live Weak Signal from 23:14 yesterday to 04:15 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - AM: Radio 5 Live Weak Signal from 23:14 on 25 Mar to 04:15 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - AM: Radio 5 Live Weak Signal from 23:14 on 25 Mar to 04:15 on 26 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:41 PM
2:41 PM
LONDONDERRY transmitter - AM: Radio 5 Live Weak Signal from 12:15 today to 12:19 today. LW: Radio 4 MF Weak Signal from 12:15 today to 12:19 today. [BBC]
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