Freeview Light on the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,400 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 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, 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 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, 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 Lochwinnoch 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 | H max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 | H max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 | H max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 149m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, 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 Lochwinnoch transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 24km east-northeast (73°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 24km east-northeast (73°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 86W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 17W |
Local transmitter maps
Lochwinnoch 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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Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:03 on 01 Nov to 21:36 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:04 on 01 Nov to 21:25 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:40 on 01 Nov to 01:06 on 02 Nov. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:40 on 01 Nov to 01:06 on 02 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 31 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 today. [BBC]
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Amos1:06 PM
What is causing the current Lochwinnoch outage and when will it be fixed?
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 today to 12:38 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 yesterday to 12:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 on 31 Oct to 12:38 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 on 31 Oct to 12:38 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 on 31 Oct to 12:38 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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