Freeview Light on the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 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 Staffin (Highland, 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 Staffin (Highland, 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 Staffin 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 9W |
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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 9W |
3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 9W |
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 Staffin (Highland, 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 Staffin transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 228km south-southeast (151°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 253km east-southeast (104°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
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 7 Jul 10 and 21 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 44W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8.8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 23 May 2011
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:18 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:18 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:18 yesterday to 22:28 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:18 yesterday to 22:28 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:18 on 23 May to 22:28 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:18 on 23 May to 22:28 on 23 May [BBC]
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Thursday, 22 December 2011
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 today [BBC]
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STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 today to 14:53 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 today to 14:53 today [BBC]
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Friday, 23 December 2011
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 yesterday to 14:53 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 yesterday to 14:53 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 December 2011
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 on 22 Dec to 14:53 on 22 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:29 on 22 Dec to 14:53 on 22 Dec [BBC]
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Sunday, 13 May 2012
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 today to 01:35 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 today to 01:35 today [BBC]
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Monday, 14 May 2012
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 yesterday to 01:35 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 yesterday to 01:35 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 on 13 May to 01:35 on 13 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 on 13 May to 01:35 on 13 May [BBC]
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