Freeview Light on the Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter which serves 7,700 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 Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) 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 Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) 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 Whitby 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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 100W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 100W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 100W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) 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 Whitby transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 84km northwest (309°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 87km northwest (307°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C34 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bilsdale transmitter area
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Friday, 12 June 2015
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MikeB7:14 PM
Tricia Camm: Looking at Dave Lindsay's prediction, there might have been a good reason for the previous occupants to have Sky. If you do have to go down the sat. route, Freesat would be the easiest way, with a Humax PVR instead of your BT one. You wont be able to get the BT sports channels that way, though.
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Dave Lindsay
7:51 PM
7:51 PM
Tricia Camm: Oh dear.
Before you posted the postcode I was looking around Ruswarp on Google Street View and noticed that the houses to the south of the Esk on Glen Esk Road have Bilsdale-facing aerials. A check showed that, while it can't be seen, the obstructions aren't anywhere near as bad as to the north of the river.
Ruswarp Bank is, well, a slope. If it's the top you're at, then I've spotted one Bilsdale aerial. To recap, Bilsdale may give you all the channels but Whitby won't.
That said, the lower down the Bank you are to live, the less your chances of easy reception from the Whitby relay, this suggested by a terrain plot I did. This is because the transmitter might be out of sight:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
It's a not awfully acurate, the plot, because it samples ground levels at fixed intervals and as it's such a short distance coupled with your new house being on a slope.
It's coming up on ten years since the Whitby TV transmitter move debacle. The transmitter, as everyone who visited the town would know (even if they didn't realise what it was) was situated at the top of the East Cliff, overlooking St Mary's Church. Due to coastal erosion it needed re-siting. Following a public vote it was moved to an industrial estate...because it wouldn't be visible. And to be able to receive from it, needs to be seen! An absolutely stupid idea leaving joe public to decide, as the people of Sandsend will tell you.
News reports here:
mb21 - The Transmission Gallery
So, it could be that there's no terrestrial aerial for a reason! A terrain plot suggested you might have been able to see the old transmitter.
In short, if you are to live near the top of the Bank, then you "might" be able to receive all channels from Bilsdale, but because you can't see it reception may be variable, such as depending on the time of year. If not, then you may have to go with Whitby, with its limited channels, or else go with satellite. Free-to-air Freesat is available if you don't wish to subscribe to Sky, and Freesat does "Freetime" which I believe is similar to what YouView is to Freeview.
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Dave Lindsay
7:52 PM
7:52 PM
Tricia Camm: This is the plot between Ruswarp Bank and Bilsdale:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Tuesday, 18 December 2018
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Joy Gilliard9:16 AM
I have no signal and live in Whitby. Please advise
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Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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Elizabeth Sweet8:21 PM
We have no TV signal at all in Whitby YO22 - since Saturday 2nd October
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Elizabeth Sweet8:21 PM
Whitby
We have no TV signal at all in Whitby YO22 4JH- since Saturday 2nd October
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Elizabeth's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE11:50 PM
Elizabeth Sweet:
That's a very long time to be without a signal, whilst you might have normally got signals from Bilsdale (which was of course affected by fire) assuming your aerial is pointing roughly WSW, but as you are very close to the Whitby relay transmitter you should have got some signals albeit the wrong region since the fire.
If your aerial is pointing easterly at the Whitby transmitter, then it has been subject to Planned Engineering this week (but not last) however there may have been unlisted work but it wouldn't be off-air for this long!
If you retuned or your set did so automatically when you had no signal, it will probably have just cleared the correct tuning.
The temporary Bilsdale (Quarry) mast is now operational and you should be able to get signals from it if your aerial points that way (roughly WSW).
Even if it points at Whitby, everything should be on air now.
Carry out a full automatic retune and hopefully your channels will be restored.
If you still have no signal then your need to check things like your aerial still being intact and pointing the right way (compare to neighbours) and check any coax plugs behind your TV etc for loose connections etc.
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