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The symbol shows the location of the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Charlbury 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
C39 (618.0MHz)127mDTG-10W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 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
C42 (642.0MHz)127mDTG-10W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley 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 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)127mDTG-10W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 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?

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The Charlbury (Oxfordshire, 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 Charlbury transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 19km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 112km south (170°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford

How will the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1323 May 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C39BBCA
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C42D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C45BBCB
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.

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

Analogue 1-4 53W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7.2dB) 10W

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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-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. Charlbury 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, 25 May 2018
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6:05 AM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 on 23 May to 16:30 on 23 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:04 on 23 May to 04:14 on 23 May, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 on 23 May to 16:30 on 23 May, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Sunday, 27 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
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12:05 AM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:04 on 23 May to 04:14 on 23 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 on 23 May to 16:30 on 23 May, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:04 on 23 May to 04:19 on 23 May, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Monday, 11 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:04 PM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 today to 15:11 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018
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6:04 AM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 yesterday to 15:11 yesterday. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 13 June 2018
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6:04 AM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 on 11 Jun to 15:11 on 11 Jun. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 27 June 2018
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6:03 AM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:42 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:37 today. [BBC]

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6:03 PM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:42 today to 11:02 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:37 today to 11:19 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 28 June 2018
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6:03 AM

CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:42 yesterday to 11:02 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:37 yesterday to 11:19 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 29 June 2018
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CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:42 on 27 Jun to 11:02 on 27 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:37 on 27 Jun to 11:19 on 27 Jun. [BBC]

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Saturday, 30 June 2018
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CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:42 on 27 Jun to 11:02 on 27 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:33 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:37 on 27 Jun to 11:19 on 27 Jun. [BBC]

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