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The symbol shows the location of the Portreath (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Portreath (Cornwall, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Portreath 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
C26 (514.0MHz)77mDTG-20W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South 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
C23 (490.0MHz)77mDTG-20W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)77mDTG-20W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Portreath (Cornwall, England) 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 Portreath transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 84km east (82°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 91km east (83°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

How will the Portreath (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1330 Jun 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 8 Jul 09 and 5 Aug 09.

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

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 20W
Analogue 1-4(-13dB) 1W

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

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Portreath 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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Friday, 12 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
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4:50 PM

PORTREATH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 14:05 until 12 Feb 14:28. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
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11:50 AM

PORTREATH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Jul 11:32 until 20 Jul 11:33. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 1 December 2021
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6:09 AM

PORTREATH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Dec 00:35 until 1 Dec 03:43. . [BBC]

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Friday, 3 February 2023
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11:07 AM

Portreath transmitter - Portreath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 6 February 2023
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Portreath transmitter - Portreath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 13 February 2023
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Portreath transmitter - Portreath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 17 February 2023
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11:09 AM

PORTREATH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Feb 11:34 until 15 Feb 11:41. . [BBC]

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Monday, 20 February 2023
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5:08 AM

Portreath transmitter - Portreath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 12 May 2023
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4:20 PM

PORTREATH transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 12 May 13:29 until 12 May 13:31. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 10 June 2023
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4:09 AM

PORTREATH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jun 03:04 until 10 Jun 03:13. . [BBC]

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