Freeview Light on the Workington (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Workington (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 9,600 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 Workington (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Workington (Cumbria, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Freeview channels does the Workington 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 56m | DTG- | 10W |
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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 56m | DTG- | 10W |
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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 56m | DTG- | 10W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Workington (Cumbria, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Workington transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 130km east-northeast (73°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 50km east-northeast (57°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Workington (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 11 Sep 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 10W |
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Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 9 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:11 yesterday to 07:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:11 on 08 Mar to 07:13 on 08 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
3:08 PM
3:08 PM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:47 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 25 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
3:05 PM
3:05 PM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:36 today to 11:56 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:36 today to 11:56 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 26 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:36 yesterday to 11:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:36 yesterday to 11:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:36 on 25 Oct to 11:56 on 25 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:36 on 25 Oct to 11:56 on 25 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today to 15:47 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today to 15:47 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 31 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 yesterday to 15:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 yesterday to 15:47 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 1 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
WORKINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 30 Jan to 15:47 on 30 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 30 Jan to 15:47 on 30 Jan. [BBC]
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