Freeview Light on the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,000 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 Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, 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 Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) 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 Galashiels 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 295m | DTG- | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 295m | DTG- | 20W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 295m | DTG- | 20W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) 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 Galashiels transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 98km west-northwest (288°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 82km south (187°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2008 | 2008-13 | 31 Mar 2017- | |||||
| E | E | E | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C68 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 6 Nov 08 and 20 Nov 08.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Selkirk transmitter area
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Thursday, 11 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 May 00:07 until 1 May 05:59. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Jun 15:07 until 17 Jun 15:20. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 25 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Jun 15:07 until 17 Jun 15:20. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:46 PM
8:46 PM
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jul 20:38 until 8 Jul 21:04. . [BBC]
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Monday, 12 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Jul 14:40 until 12 Jul 14:41. Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jul 20:38 until 8 Jul 21:04. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:46 PM
8:46 PM
GALASHIELS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Jul 14:40 until 12 Jul 14:41. . [BBC]
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Friday, 10 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
Galashiels transmitter - Galashiels transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
Galashiels transmitter - Galashiels transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 20 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Galashiels transmitter - Galashiels transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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