Freeview Light on the Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 18,000 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 Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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 TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Thornhill 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 374m | DTG- | 100W |
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 | C42- (641.8MHz) | 374m | DTG- | 100W |
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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 374m | DTG- | 100W |
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 Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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 TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Thornhill transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 81km north-northwest (340°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-lookaround.jpg)
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 66km east-southeast (121°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
Aughencheyne | Active deflector |
How will the Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | |||||
C63 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:26 today [BBC]
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Monday, 23 May 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:25 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:25 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:25 yesterday to 22:22 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:25 yesterday to 22:22 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:25 on 23 May to 22:22 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:25 on 23 May to 22:22 on 23 May [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today [BBC]
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THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 20:29 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 20:29 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 20:29 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 20:29 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 19 Jul to 20:29 on 19 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 19 Jul to 20:29 on 19 Jul [BBC]
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Monday, 26 September 2011
THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:47 today [BBC]
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THORNHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:47 today to 10:01 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:47 today to 10:01 today [BBC]
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