Freeview Light on the Lisbellaw (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lisbellaw (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 Lisbellaw (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 Lisbellaw (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 Lisbellaw 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 4W |
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 Lisbellaw (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 Lisbellaw transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,047km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Lisbellaw (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C54tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C58tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C65 | 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?
Analogue 1-4 | 7W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-2.4dB) 4W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Brougher Mountain transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 28 November 2011
LISBELLAW transmitter - Over the next week Lisbellaw relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
LISBELLAW transmitter - 30 November 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Lisbellaw relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
At switchover the Lisbellaw transmitter will be off air from midnight until 9am on 24th October 2012 - see UK Digital switchover ends - Northern Ireland completes on 24th October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice for full details.
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Monday, 15 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
LISBELLAW transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 26 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
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LISBELLAW transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 20 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
LISBELLAW transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LISBELLAW transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 13 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
LISBELLAW transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 25 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LISBELLAW transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 11 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
LISBELLAW transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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