Freeview Light on the Ballycastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ballycastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 2,600 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 Ballycastle (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 Ballycastle (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Ballycastle 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 3W |
 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, plus 14 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 3W |
 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 3W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD Northern Ireland, 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Ballycastle (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Ballycastle transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,049km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Ballycastle (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1970-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C13 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 12W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.6dB) 2.6W |
Local transmitter maps
Ballycastle Freeview Ballycastle DAB Limavady TV region BBC Northern Ireland UTVWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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John3:39 PM
is that the dates the switchover happens in Northern Ireland
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
John: "by the end of 2012" is the official line at the moment.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
At switchover the Ballycastle 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, 25 February 2013
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Gerald Colohan11:40 PM
I live in Ballycastle and wanted to see the freeview channels on my new TV. I discovered that many of the channels I received in Belfast were not available in Ballycastle i.e. Film 4. I was told locally that this was because someone decided we should get ,for example 'BBc Parliment ( not a hugely popular station). Can you explain why.
thank you,
Gerry Colohan
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Gerald Colohan: It's because there is now a two-tier system. The Commercial networks don't broadcast from smaller transmitters. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Gerald Colohan: I think that your best bet for additional channels is the satellite free-to-air service Freesat.
I gather that Ballycastle lies low down with hills around it which prevents reception of Limavady. There are no full-service high-power transmitters in Scotland that you could pick up from either.
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