We ARE going to get BBC Local Radio on Freeview ... today!
You might recall that last year I asked Are we going to get BBC local radio on Freeview in England?
I am pleased to report that Radio Today says A number of BBC local radio stations have officially started on Freeview today, occupying four channels between them.
| BBC London | 721 | London |
| BBC Radio Bristol | 719 | West |
| BBC Radio Cambridge | 722 | East |
| BBC Radio Devon | 720 | South West |
| BBC Radio Kent | 719 | South East |
| BBC Radio Leeds | 719 | Yorkshire |
| BBC Radio Manchester | 719 | North West |
| BBC Radio Newcastle | 719 | North East and Cumbria |
| BBC Radio Norfolk | 719 | East |
| BBC Radio Nottingham | 720 | East Midlands |
| BBC Radio Solent | 719 | South |
| BBC WM | 722 | West Midlands |
Let me know if you can get them.
Note about overlap areas
As these radio stations share the same LCN ("logical channel numbers") as (720) R n Gaidheal, Radio Cymru, Radio Foyle and (719) R Scotland, Radio Ulster and Radio Wales you may find the Freeview overlap issues occur.
Freeview HD boxes will ASK you about overlaps, and you pick a region and you will find the numbers as you expect. Older boxes will just allocate the channels on the multiplex broadcast on the lowest frequency.
All is not lost, however, the box will always put the channels somewhere in the 800-899 range. This is often the original channel number, with an "8" in front - so 819, 820, 821 and 822. But this is down the software in the TV or box. You might have to have a long look!
Speculation....| 719 | 720 | 721 | 722 | |
| West | Bristol | Somerset | Gloucestershire | Wiltshire |
| South West | Cornwall | Devon | Solent(West Dorset) | |
| South | Solent | Berkshire | Sussex | |
| London | London | |||
| West Midlands | Stoke | Shropshire | WM | |
| East Midlands | Derby | Nottingham | Leicester | |
| East | Norfolk | Suffolk | Essex | |
| North West | Manchester | Lancashire | Merseyside | |
| North East and Cumbria | Newcastle | Cumbria | Tees | |
| Yorkshire | Leeds | Sheffield | York | |
| South (Oxford) | Oxford | |||
| South East | Kent | Surrey | Sussex | |
| Cambridge | Northampton | Three Counties | Cambridge | |
| Channel Islands | Guernsey | Jersey | ||
| East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire | Humberside | Lincolnshire |
11:13 AM
Halstead
Radio London has been on 721 Crystal Palace ,since last Autumn.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
We're currently getting Norfolk on 719 and Cambridge on 722, both from Sandy Heath on 522MHz.
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Pitty the local radio station is not for the locals but some other part of the country.
We live in Sussex, the transmitter is in Sussex,
and we get Radio Kent (719) not Radio Sussex (722) !
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12:04 PM
Huge thanks for the information, BB! Here in wild and wooly Winkleigh, I'm pleased to report we're receiving crystal clear Radio Devon on channel 720, following an update scan on both TV and PVR. No overlap issues detected thus far.............
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9:14 PM
Whoopee that's one more than the number of TV programmes I can receive, actually bet you anything you like I wont be able to receive any of them here!!!
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12:21 PM
Speculation Just wondered why use the EPG 722 for the 3rd service and not 721
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2:36 PM
sherborne dorset somerset border
we get our tv signals from stockland hill in devon. you suggest that this transmitter should broadcast BBC DEVON BBC CORNWALL and BBC solent can I remind you that STOCKLAND HILL covers many parts of SOMERSET so BBC somerset should be included on the stockland hill transmitter
BBC DEVON coming in loud and clear here in DORSET and SOMERSET
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