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Freeview Light on the Douglas (IoM) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.141,-4.492 or 54°8'29"N 4°29'32"W

The symbol shows the location of the Douglas (IoM) transmitter which serves 17,000 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Douglas (IoM) mast?

DOUGLAS (IOM) transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 00:01 until 5 Aug 03:54. .

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Douglas (IoM) 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	C41 (634.0MHz)	192m	DTG-	1,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C44- (657.8MHz)	192m	DTG-	1,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C47 (682.0MHz)	192m	DTG-	1,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

The Douglas (IoM) 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 Douglas (IoM) transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 162km east-southeast (118°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 162km east-southeast (118°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Douglas (IoM) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1950s-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	19 Aug 2020
	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	B E K T
C5	BBCtv_waves
C41						BBCA
C44						D3+4
C47						BBCB
C48		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves
C53_{tv_off}					BBCA
C56_{tv_off}		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C57_{tv_off}					BBCB
C60_{tv_off}					-D3+4
C66		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C68		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves

_{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 18 Jun 09 and 16 Jul 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	1000W
Analogue 1-4	(-24dB) 4W

Local transmitter maps

Douglas Freeview Douglas TV region BBC North West Granada

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Douglas transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Douglas (IoM) was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Anonymous
1:45 PM

IOM changed frequencies this morning as part of planned works. No longer on 53,57 and 60.

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Thursday, 3 October 2024

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(IOM) - : Off the air due to essential from 5 Aug 00:01 until 5 Aug 03:54. . [BBC]

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