Freeview Light on the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 20,000 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 Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, 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 Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 5 1, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Challenge, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Rewind TV, Sky Mix HD, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV , That's TV 2, Tiny Pop, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTR, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, U&Drama 1, U&W.
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 Millburn Muir 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) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITV Quiz, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 49 4seven, 71 That's TV 3, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 69 LEGEND XTRA, 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 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 5 1, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Challenge, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Rewind TV, Sky Mix HD, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV , That's TV 2, Tiny Pop, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTR, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, U&Drama 1, U&W.
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 Millburn Muir transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 24km southeast (127°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 24km southeast (127°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C45 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C52tv_off | 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 1-5 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Monday, 13 October 2025
The service from this transmitter is terrible. TV constantly indicates NO Signal or a scrambled picture that is unwatchable.
What is going on?
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Joan Delahaye12:15 PM
JD
Monday 13 October 2025
12.15
What's wrong with millburn muir transmitter.
Either no signal or fragmented picture since Friday.
Other people in the area are reporting the same problems
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Miss McGhie12:21 PM
TV no signal interruptions throughout Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th and today Monday 13th.
Have previously reset Freeview. Ariel is in the loft. Postcode G83 9DL.
Please advise.
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Chris.SE7:31 PM
JB:
Joan Delahaye:
Miss McGhie:
Did none of you try reading the recent previous posts here which gave the explanation? (now on p13) -
It's Weather conditions -
Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmitter | free and easy for 22 years
Do NOT Retune your set, as it'll likely clear your correct tuning.
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Chris.SE7:36 PM
jimmy:
Whilst the link you gave to cordbusters on this occasion has mostly correct information, it is NOT a reliable site for tech info. DO NOT RETUNE.
If anyone has done so, you'll probably need to do so again when signals are normal if you have any missing channels.
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Miss McGhie7:46 PM
Chris.SE
Thank you for that information.
First time doing this so just followed the previous two comments.
Looks like my correct tuning has cleared!!
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Chris.SE8:05 PM
Miss McGhie:
Hi again. The best way to deal with this situation in these conditions is to do MANUAL tuning of the UHF Channels for the Milburn Muir transmitter.
In your TV Tuning section you should find an option to MANUAL tune and select a UHF channel to tune.
For Millburn Muir (as shown at the very top section of this page) it's 29 for the BBC SD channels, 31 for the D3&4 multiplex (ITV, 4, 5 etc) and 37 for the HD multiplex if your set has HD capability.
Bear in mind with the current weather conditions you may not be successful for each of them on every try, you just have to persist until you've got them back, then DON'T retune again.
Unfortunately where you are only predicted to be able to get the one transmitter as is the case for your postcode there's nothing else you can do.
Also bear in mind these weather conditions cause signals from more distant transmitters to travel further, so automatic tuning MIGHT get signals from elsewhere, they will become unstable as weather conditions change, and you'll have to go through Tuning again.
Hope that helps, if you have any other queries, post back and I'll try and help. You may not get an immediate response mind.
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Tuesday, 14 October 2025
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jimmy6:11 PM
Actually Chris I DID re-tune and because MM is down I picked up BLACKHILL and instead of 55 channels I now have 155 channels and my mrs is over the moon but the first thing I noticed is that the signal (at 78%) is not strong enough to pick up the HD channels and I really do like HD so what I done is this.
I have 2 x Humax boxes so I switched on the old one and I tuned that one to BLACKHILL and switched it off. On my latest Humax box I have left it until Wednesday (on Blackhill) and I will re-tune it to Millburn and now we have the best of both worlds! :) My latest Humax box the T2000 only has Auto tuning so I cannot manually tune anything on it. Did you remove my link to the article? No worries if it's a dodgy site but what it says has come true so far?
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jimmy6:26 PM
10 October 2025 - High pressure could affect reception across the UK this week
Freeview viewers across the UK could see some disruption to their TV reception from Friday the 10th to Wed the 15th of October 2025. This is due to high pressure which could disrupt the TV signals which Freeview uses.
You are advised not to retune your TV during this time - reception will be restored once the high pressure passes.
If you have an internet-connected Freeview Play TV, or one that has channel players available, you will still be able to watch live and on-demand content from the likes of BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4 or 5
Alternatively, you can watch Freeview via our mobile app which is available to download for free from your app store or on a web browser via our online TV Guide.
For more information visit our article on how to watch Freeview online.
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Chris.SE11:01 PM
jimmy:
That above information is of course from High pressure could affect reception across the UK this week | Freeview
Regarding your previous link, it's still there, only the site owner can remove such things but I didn't say it was "dodgy", I said it was not a reliable site for tech info.
There can frequently be misleading posts on there from people who don't understand the technical stuff or are completely wrong and misleading and none of it is ever corrected by the site "editor".
Most of the information that appears there is frequently "cut and pasted" from elsewhere - not always accurate sources, and sometimes it's "out of context" which can leave the incorrect impression.
This is the latest from the BBC -
"High pressure may affect TV & Radio services across parts of the UK from 10 October 2025
High-pressure weather conditions are currently affecting most areas of the UK, causing problems to television and radio services. This is predicted to continue until the end of this week, then it should start to clear. Worst affected is the North of Scotland and the North of England.
14 October 2025 | Weather warning "
This page from the BBC gives some explanation and a useful video -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec…sure
But that page usually ONLY appears when there are problems, at other times it often isn't there.
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