Freeview Light on the Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,100 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 Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire, 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 Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire, 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 Kirkmichael 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) | 155m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 155m | DTG- | 4W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 155m | DTG- | 4W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire, 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 Kirkmichael transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 62km north-northeast (20°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 62km north-northeast (20°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C52tv_off | 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 19W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.8W |
Local transmitter maps
Kirkmichael Freeview Darvel TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Friday, 19 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:20 PM
4:20 PM
KIRKMICHAEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Feb 14:06 until 18 Feb 15:23. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:36 PM
4:36 PM
KIRKMICHAEL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2 Mar 12:36 until 2 Mar 13:23. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:51 AM
5:51 AM
KIRKMICHAEL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Jul 03:19 until 24 Jul 04:28. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
KIRKMICHAEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Aug 12:56 until 1 Aug 12:57. . [BBC]
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Monday, 22 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:21 PM
6:21 PM
KIRKMICHAEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Nov 09:00 until 22 Nov 12:21. . [BBC]
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Friday, 23 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
Kirkmichael transmitter - Kirkmichael transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Kirkmichael transmitter - Kirkmichael transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Kirkmichael transmitter - Kirkmichael transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Kirkmichael transmitter - Kirkmichael transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Kirkmichael transmitter - Kirkmichael transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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