Freeview Light on the Backwell (North Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Backwell (North Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 4,600 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 Backwell (North Somerset, 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 Backwell (North Somerset, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Backwell 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 19W |
 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 19W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 19W |
 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 Backwell (North Somerset, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Backwell transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 8km east-northeast (75°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 11km east (90°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Backwell (North Somerset, 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 | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 94W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 19W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 3 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick6:17 PM
Reading
Lynda: The Wales and West regions have completed switchover - there aren't any major changes to come for the public service channels. The commercial multiplexes at Wenvoe are changing frequencies on the 27th, and many get an increase in power, but this won't affect any regional news services.
You could try deleting all the channels and adding them manually. However, it really sounds like you have a horizontally-polarized aerial pointing at Wenvoe and the levels received from Backwell just aren't high enough for the TV to receive reliably.
You could try removing the aerial connection, performing a complete reset of the TV ('Reinstall All Services'), wait for it to retune (it shouldn't find anything), then plug the aerial in and enter the frequencies manually. For the Public Service channels use the frequencies I gave above. For the commercial channels:
Now: C51/714MHz C30/546MHz C49/698MHz
27 April: C42/624MHz C45/666MHz C49/698MHz
You may get two copies of E4, because in Wales, the slot on D3+4 is taken by S4C and E4 is broadcast on the SDN multiplex instead.
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011
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Lynda6:32 PM
Bristol
Yaaay! I think you've got it. Have got BBC West on 794MHz. Lost some channels but that's ok. Thank you so much.
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Sunday, 3 November 2013
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Roger Higgins9:56 AM
Bristol
All BBC channels went off air last evening (Saturday) and remain "no signal" this morning (Sunday) TV and Radio. Have tried "auto tuning" and merely get signal to "connect aerial". What should I try next?
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KMJ,Derby11:13 AM
Roger Higgins: If you have lost the channels from the channel list you will need to re-tune when the transmitter is back on air to restore them. The BBC SD multiplex is shown as having returned to service at 10.37 this morning 3rd November 2013.
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Steve11:16 AM
Roger Higgins:
Backwell transmitter is at fault. If this was London it would have been sorted in a few hours. BBC don't seem bothered. No info about cause/duration. No point retuning.
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Friday, 20 May 2016
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Peter11:11 AM
I am getting channel 4 on 102 even after retune! BS48
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Wednesday, 26 October 2016
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Peter10:18 AM
Since 25 Oct 16 (yesterday) I have lost England HD channels (eg BBC1 HD) from this transmitter but still have non-HD (e.g. BBC1). Has the power of C22 (482MHz) been reduced / turned off?
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Friday, 2 November 2018
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Jane4:59 PM
Hello. I am not sure if this is the right place to ask. I have lost analogue on all my televisions. Digital works fine. I have done all the checking And retuning. Could this be an aerial problem. Many thanks
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StevensOnln15:22 PM
Jane: The last analogue TV services closed down in 2012. Do you mean that some of your Freeview channels are missing? Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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