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The symbol shows the location of the Lorton (Cumbria, 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 Lorton (Cumbria, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Lorton 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
C40 (626.0MHz)228mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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
C43 (650.0MHz)228mDTG-10W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)228mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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

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 Lorton (Cumbria, 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 Lorton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 115km east-northeast (71°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 38km northeast (44°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees

How will the Lorton (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Jul 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C40BBCA
C43D3+4
C46BBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.

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

Analogue 1-4 50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 10W

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

Sep 1961-Feb 2004Border 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. Lorton 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.

Comments
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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9:25 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 17:22 until 24 Nov 17:26. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 25 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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6:17 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Nov 14:00 until 25 Nov 14:38. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 17:22 until 24 Nov 17:26. . [BBC]

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Monday, 29 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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6:13 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Nov 14:00 until 25 Nov 14:38. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 12 March 2023
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2:09 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:50. . [BBC]

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5:09 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:50 until 12 Mar 11:58. . [BBC]

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Friday, 5 May 2023
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9:46 AM

Lorton transmitter - Lorton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 8 May 2023
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4:08 AM

Lorton transmitter - Lorton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 12 May 2023
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1:09 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 May 11:09 until 12 May 11:35. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 18 November 2023
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2:20 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Nov 10:19 until 18 Nov 10:20. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 28 January 2024
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8:09 PM

LORTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Jan 16:29 until 28 Jan 16:59. . [BBC]

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