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The symbol shows the location of the Stroud (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 14,000 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 Stroud (Gloucestershire, England) mast?

Stroud transmitter - Stroud transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Stroud 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)271mDTG-200W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) 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
C43 (650.0MHz)271mDTG-200W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)271mDTG-200W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD 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 Stroud (Gloucestershire, 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 Stroud transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 43km southwest (218°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 43km south-southwest (212°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Stroud (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C40 BBCA
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C43D3+4D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C46BBCBBBCB
C48BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C50tv_offBBCA
C52tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.

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

Analogue 1-4 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 200W

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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech 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. Stroud 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, 17 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:59 yesterday to 07:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:11 on 15 Mar to 23:26 on 15 Mar. [BBC]

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Saturday, 18 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:11 on 15 Mar to 23:26 on 15 Mar, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:59 on 16 Mar to 07:27 on 16 Mar. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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7:33 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:59 on 16 Mar to 07:27 on 16 Mar, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:11 on 15 Mar to 23:26 on 15 Mar. [BBC]

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Monday, 20 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:59 on 16 Mar to 07:27 on 16 Mar. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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Julie Shrive
2:19 PM

Also can I get LBC on radio as supposed to be all over uk now? TV fine.

New Freeview TVs keep showing & often not getting a signal even though have sky who Installed one then paid for 2 others so can have in every room - mobility problems .It is an arm and a leg to pay for 3 when can only watch one .Now handyman has managed to get 2 going but my kitchen one is blank .The other 2 are new last year the one in kitchen 2 years before .Any thoughts or ideas about the way forward?

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Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

11:32 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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2:32 PM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 today to 11:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 today to 11:41 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 20 April 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:31 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 yesterday to 11:41 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 yesterday to 11:41 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 21 April 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 on 19 Apr to 11:41 on 19 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:36 on 19 Apr to 11:41 on 19 Apr. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 19 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
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2:09 PM

STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:36 today to 10:44 today. [BBC]

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