Freeview Light on the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 14,000 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.
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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 Strabane (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Strabane 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | C35+ (586.2MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
NIMM | V -13dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 20W |
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, |
The Strabane (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Strabane transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,050km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | ||||
C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
C40 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 1-4 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
NIMM | (-20dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area
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Thursday, 3 October 2013
Aaron : Because your expectation is too great.
The Strabane transmitter broadcasts all Public Service channels, as do all other 1,000+ transmitters.
The Licence Fee goes to the BBC and, as a Public Service Broadcaster, you have the BBC.
The Commercial channels broadcast where they wish to invest in the kit to do so. They have no obligation to provide a service, only turn a profit, which is why they don't bother with the transmitters that will give them relatively few viewers.
I covered this above in my posting of Wednesday 16 January 2013 1:05PM..........
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Sunday, 10 November 2013
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Fergal11:38 AM
Although above it says there is no reported problem on the Strabane Mast, Since the Lightening on Thurs afternoon 7th Nov, myself and my neighbour are having viewing problems - loss of signal on all channels expect RTE which we receive from Raphoe. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
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Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:23 PM
10:23 PM
STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:15 today to 21:25 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:38 today to 20:40 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:15 yesterday to 21:25 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:38 yesterday to 20:40 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:15 on 11 Feb to 21:25 on 11 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:38 on 11 Feb to 20:40 on 11 Feb. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
3:51 PM
3:51 PM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:49 today to 11:50 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:44 AM
1:44 AM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:49 yesterday to 11:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:50 PM
1:50 PM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:49 on 09 May to 11:50 on 09 May. [BBC]
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Monday, 2 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
STRABANE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
STRABANE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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