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The symbol shows the location of the Rostrevor (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 3,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Rostrevor (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Rostrevor 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)199mDTG-23W
Channel icons
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)199mDTG-23W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)199mDTG-23W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Rostrevor (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Rostrevor transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,041km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,041km northeast (50°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

How will the Rostrevor (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-134 Sep 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TA K T
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C39BBCA
C40BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C46ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C48BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 58W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 23W

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

Oct 1959-May 2006Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014UTV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rostrevor 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.

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Monday, 13 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
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12:07 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 today to 21:41 today. [BBC]

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6:07 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 yesterday to 21:41 yesterday. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 14 August 2018
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6:07 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:29 on 12 Aug to 21:41 on 12 Aug. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 21 August 2019
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2:08 PM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:34 today to 11:52 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:34 today to 11:52 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 22 August 2019
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5:08 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:34 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:34 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 23 August 2019
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5:08 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:34 on 21 Aug to 11:52 on 21 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:34 on 21 Aug to 11:52 on 21 Aug. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today. FM: Radio Ulster FM Off Air from 07:10 on 01 Sep to 07:12 on 01 Sep. [BBC]

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Thursday, 5 September 2019
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5:08 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:15 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 yesterday to 11:57 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Friday, 6 September 2019
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5:08 AM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 04 Sep to 05:15 on 04 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 04 Sep to 11:57 on 04 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 04 Sep to 05:15 on 04 Sep, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Saturday, 7 September 2019
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2:08 PM

ROSTREVOR FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 04 Sep to 05:15 on 04 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 04 Sep to 11:57 on 04 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 04 Sep to 11:57 on 04 Sep, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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