Freeview Light on the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 4,400 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 Newcastle (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 Newcastle (Northern Ireland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Newcastle 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) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
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) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
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) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
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 | |||||
NIMM | V -6dB | C48 (690.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 200W |
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, |
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Newcastle (Northern Ireland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Newcastle transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,041km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Newcastle (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 | ||||||||
C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
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 | 1000W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 800W | |
NIMM | (-7dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 24 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
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7:28 AM
NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Feb 04:15 until 24 Feb 04:45. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Feb 14:45 until 29 Feb 15:09. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Feb 04:15 until 24 Feb 04:45. . [BBC]
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Monday, 2 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Feb 14:45 until 29 Feb 15:09. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
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Damian11:15 AM
Hi Brian, the map displayed is not for the Newcastle Freeview Light Transmitter, it is in fact a small relay set on a hill just above the village of Leitrim, County Down which is roughly 16miles west of the Newcastle (Drinahilly, Mourne Mountains) looking down on Newcastle.
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Chris.SE2:12 PM
Damian:
I'm not sure if Brian has corrected anything, or if there was some sort of error when you looked, but the map I'm looking at now appears to be correct.
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Sunday, 5 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 PM
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Apr 19:26. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Apr 19:26 until 6 Apr 08:15. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Sep 09:45. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Sep 09:45 until 22 Sep 13:37. . [BBC]
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