Full Freeview on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter which serves 34,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) mast?
Fenham transmitter - Fenham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Fenham 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenham transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 3km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 2km south-southwest (206°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| A K T | W T | W T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C30 | _local | BBCB | |||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C36 | _local | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 1-5 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 40W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Fenham Freeview Fenham DAB Fenham AM/FM Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Monday, 8 August 2011
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Dave Stobbs1:45 PM
Just further to this, we have a Samsung TV with inbuilt freeview digital TV. We live in South Shields and for the last 6 yrs plus have had no problems at all. Recently I noted a poor signal on some of the channels, esp ITV1, the picture pixelating. Now, it won't even pick these channels (itv1, channel 4, channel 5 up at all and when I scan it can't find them. I've reset to factory settings but still no joy.Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Dave Stobbs: Please see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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Dave Stobbs9:45 AM
Briantist - thanks for getting back. I've been trying auto stores over the last few days and still no ITV1/channel4 etc, but I've just tried it again there and it's addedd them all back in! Can only think the signal for this MUX group was too weak to pick up on the auto scans.
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Friday, 12 August 2011
Dave Stobbs: I am pleased to hear that the signal is back and working for you.
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Monday, 12 September 2011
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Derek Ellerton10:37 PM
Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Stoke on Trent including Newcastle under Lyme could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Fenham transmitter using C30.
And this one belongs on Fenton not Fenham
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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karen whiteside11:47 AM
Prudhoe
I have lost digtal freeview reception since yesterday, min 11th June.
Have retuned several times but it wont pick up any digital channels only the usual 4, with poor reception
Have switched over to Newton using a table top areiral.
We have no problems in receiving channels up to yesterday, TV is less than two years old.
Please help.
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karen's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 9 July 2012
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David12:28 AM
Gateshead
sometimes we have Yesterday and film 4 for a couple of days and sometimes for a few minutes only but most of the times nothing. Is there a problem with the transmitter?
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 17 September 2012
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Mr M. T. Whittle9:47 AM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Having a problem with reception on Channel's 12. Yesterday,15. Film 4, 24. ITV4 which are breaking down and pixalateing, several of the other platform channels have intermittent picture freezing I've checked signal strength and it's showing Red and says poor signal strength. I have purchased a new free view box
(Tvonics)and it was fine before the change over on the 12th. I have retuned the box but it has made little difference? Can you Help please?
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Mr's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Mr M. T. Whittle: These services are carried on Mux D and it is presently on UHF channel 57 from Fenham and C53 from Pontop Pike. Check that it hasn't tuned to the other.
If it is tuned correctly, then hopefully when it goes to full power on 26th, it will come good.
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