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The symbol shows the location of the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter. 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 Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Lowestoft 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
C32- (561.8MHz)51mDTG-400W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East, 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- (585.8MHz)51mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 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 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C48 (690.0MHz)51mDTG-400W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 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 Lowestoft (Suffolk, 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 Lowestoft transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 35km west-northwest (295°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
regional news image
ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 34km west-northwest (296°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Feb 2018
A B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFC/D E TK T
C32BBCA
C35D3+4
C48BBCB
C56tv_offBBCB
C58tv_off-BBCA
C60tv_off-D3+4

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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.

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

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 400W

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

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia 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. Lowestoft 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, 30 September 2024
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5:06 AM

Lowestoft transmitter - Lowestoft transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 11 October 2024
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5:20 PM

LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 16:55. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 15:08 until 11 Oct 15:30. . [BBC]

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LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 16:55 until 11 Oct 17:20. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 15:08 until 11 Oct 15:30. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 12 October 2024
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5:09 AM

LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 00:49 until 12 Oct 01:32. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 16:55 until 11 Oct 17:20. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 15:08 until 11 Oct 15:30. [BBC]

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Monday, 14 October 2024
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LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50 until 14 Oct 11:14. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50 until 14 Oct 11:14. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 00:49 until 12 Oct 01:32. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 16:55 u [BBC]

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Wednesday, 16 October 2024
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8:20 PM

LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50 until 14 Oct 11:14. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50 until 14 Oct 11:14. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 00:49 until 12 Oct 01:32. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 17 October 2024
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LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50 until 14 Oct 11:14. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 01:50 until 14 Oct 11:14. . [BBC]

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Monday, 21 October 2024
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Lowestoft transmitter - Lowestoft transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Lowestoft transmitter - Lowestoft transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Lowestoft transmitter - Lowestoft transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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