Freeview Light on the Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 3,800 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 Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, 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 Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, 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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Bristol Montpelier 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 71m | DTG- | 10W |
 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 71m | DTG- | 10W |
 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 71m | DTG- | 10W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, 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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, 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 Bristol Montpelier transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 1km west-southwest (237°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 4km southeast (146°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | +BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C27 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 10W |
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Sunday, 9 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 20:44. Off the air due to a fault from 8 Feb 07:07 until 8 Feb 08:04. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Feb 10:43 until 7 Feb 11:27. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Feb 19:20 until 6 Feb 19:48. Off th [BBC]
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 20:44 until 9 Feb 22:39. Off the air due to a fault from 8 Feb 07:07 until 8 Feb 08:04. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Feb 10:43 until 7 Feb 11:27. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Feb 19:20 until 6 [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 20:44 until 9 Feb 22:39. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Apr 09:00 until 3 Apr 09:40. Low power due to a fault from 30 Mar 18:31 until 30 Mar 21:14. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:26 PM
4:26 PM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Nov 15:22 until 10 Nov 15:38. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:10. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:10 until 28 Sep 11:12. . [BBC]
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