Freeview Light on the Peebles (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Peebles (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter which serves 4,500 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 Peebles (The Scottish Borders, 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 Peebles (The Scottish Borders, 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 Peebles 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 400m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 400m | DTG- | 20W |
3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 400m | DTG- | 20W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 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 Peebles (The Scottish Borders, 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 Peebles transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-northwest (290°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 89km south-southeast (167°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Peebles (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2008 | 2008-13 | 31 Mar 2017- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 6 Nov 08 and 20 Nov 08.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
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Sunday, 11 December 2011
PEEBLES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:24 on 09 Dec to 12:29 on 09 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:24 on 09 Dec to 12:29 on 09 Dec [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 December 2011
PEEBLES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:08 yesterday to 19:19 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:08 yesterday to 19:19 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 30 December 2011
PEEBLES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:08 on 28 Dec to 19:19 on 28 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:08 on 28 Dec to 19:19 on 28 Dec [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
PEEBLES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today [BBC]
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PEEBLES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today to 09:49 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today to 09:49 today [BBC]
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Friday, 15 June 2012
PEEBLES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 on 12 Jun to 09:49 on 12 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 on 12 Jun to 09:49 on 12 Jun [BBC]
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Friday, 6 December 2013
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James Murdoch9:21 PM
Peebles
Transmission from the Peebles transmitter failed at about 8.50 pm this evening. There is no reception on Freeview or VHF radio.
I cannot find anywhere else to report this.
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James's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
James Murdoch: there are no reported problems. See Radio & Television Service but check your equipment first!
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James Murdoch: Cuased by a power supply outage maybe?
Unfortunately, Scottish Power Energy Networks doesn't have a postcode checker for issues on the network.
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Dave Lindsay: I should put together a page of energy company status page links....
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