Freeview Light on the Backbarrow (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Backbarrow (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Backbarrow (Cumbria, England) mast?
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 23:14 until 4 Dec 14:57. . 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Backbarrow (Cumbria, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Backbarrow 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 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 (Granada), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 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 Backbarrow (Cumbria, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Backbarrow transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 97km south-southeast (152°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 97km south-southeast (152°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Backbarrow (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 12 Aug 2020 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C63 | 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 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1W |
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Monday, 20 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:47 PM
7:47 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 17:04 until 20 Jan 17:11. . [BBC]
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Friday, 21 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Feb 09:28 until 19 Feb 10:04. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Mar 14:29 until 17 Mar 15:03. . [BBC]
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Monday, 30 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 11:44 until 29 Mar 11:47. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jun 17:11 until 5 Jun 20:54. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Aug 11:31 until 20 Aug 16:11. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Jun 19:51 until 18 Jun 19:54. . [BBC]
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Friday, 26 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Jun 10:04 until 25 Jun 10:48. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 PM
10:27 PM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Jul 09:40 until 17 Jul 10:31. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Sep 15:04 until 7 Sep 15:09. . [BBC]
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