Freeview Light on the New Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the New Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 700 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 New Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 New Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 New Galloway 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 196m | 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 196m | 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 196m | 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 New Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 New Galloway transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 86km north (357°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 84km east-southeast (106°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the New Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
C33 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 11:09 until 21 Sep 11:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 15:54 until 21 Sep 11:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 0 [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 PM
10:27 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 11:09 until 21 Sep 11:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 11:07 until 21 Sep 11:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 2 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 11:07 until 21 Sep 11:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 20:31 until 20 Sep 21:26. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 6 Oct 12:00 until 6 Oct 13:00. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Oct 16:46 until 18 Oct 18:55. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Nov 10:33 until 10 Nov 12:44. . [BBC]
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Monday, 1 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Mar 12:10 until 1 Mar 12:51. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:02 PM
3:02 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Oct 13:12 until 28 Oct 13:17. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 22:53 until 27 Nov 01:41. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
NEW GALLOWAY transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:50 until 12 Mar 11:58. . [BBC]
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