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
Staffin Freeview Eitshal (Lewis) TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Eitshal (Lewis) transmitter area
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Friday, 8 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:43 yesterday to 16:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:49 yesterday to 22:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 9 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:43 on 07 Jun to 16:11 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:49 on 07 Jun to 22:10 on 07 Jun. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 today to 17:56 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 yesterday to 17:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 on 04 Oct to 17:56 on 04 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 12 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
2:04 PM
2:04 PM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:04 PM
8:04 PM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 today to 16:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 today to 16:51 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 yesterday to 16:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 yesterday to 16:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 on 12 Nov to 16:51 on 12 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:59 on 12 Nov to 16:51 on 12 Nov. [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 today. [BBC]
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