Freeview Light on the Benagh (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Benagh (Northern Ireland) 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 Benagh (Northern Ireland) 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 Benagh (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Benagh 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) | 41m | DTG- | 200W |
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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 41m | DTG- | 200W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 41m | DTG- | 200W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Benagh (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Benagh transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,040km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Benagh (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||||
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 10 Oct 12 and 24 Oct 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 200W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-5.5dB) 56W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Saturday, 25 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:46 on 23 Feb to 08:47 on 23 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:46 on 23 Feb to 08:47 on 23 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:46 on 23 Feb to 08:47 on 23 Feb, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:25 today to 15:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:46 on 23 Feb to 08:47 on 23 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:24 today to 15:33 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:36 PM
10:36 PM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:46 on 23 Feb to 08:47 on 23 Feb, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:25 today to 15:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:24 today to 15:33 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:46 on 23 Feb to 08:47 on 23 Feb. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:25 yesterday to 15:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:24 yesterday to 15:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:25 on 27 Feb to 15:32 on 27 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:24 on 27 Feb to 15:33 on 27 Feb. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today to 14:08 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today to 14:08 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 yesterday to 14:08 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 yesterday to 14:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 on 14 Mar to 14:08 on 14 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 on 14 Mar to 14:08 on 14 Mar. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BENAGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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