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: 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 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 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 | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, 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 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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Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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Chris.SE7:29 PM
Jimmy:
If you provide a full postcode, we can have a look to see what your predicted reception might be. There are patches around that area that can get Black Hill.
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Saturday, 7 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
MILLBURN MUIR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Mar 10:21 until 5 Mar 10:38. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Mar 10:21 until 5 Mar 10:39. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 July 2020
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Rab8:16 AM
Alexandria
Hi,
lost Radio 2 FM just Hissing., checked second radio, same issue. DAB and other Stations working.
OEM Arial
G83 8AS
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Rab's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE3:34 PM
Rab:
You should now have your FM signals back. The BBC have reported a fault - From 2:17am to 11:29am on 18th Jul 2020 BBC Radio 2 Off the air due to a fault.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
MILLBURN MUIR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 21 Jul 12:00 until 22 Jul 12:45. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 August 2020
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Jimmy1:01 PM
Millburn Muir just died on me ! Checked both devices I use and no signal on either.
Just in case you weren't aware!
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Chris.SE3:12 PM
Jimmy:
Millburn Muir is listed for "Planned Engineering" with "Possible service interruptions", so that's probably what happened, and may again!
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Thursday, 6 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
MILLBURN MUIR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 15:00 until 5 Aug 15:17. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 11:10 until 5 Aug 12:44. Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 11:10 until 5 Aug 12:44. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
MILLBURN MUIR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 15:00 until 5 Aug 15:17. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 11:10 until 5 Aug 12:44. Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 11:10 until 5 Aug 12:44. . [BBC]
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