Freeview Light on the Bassenthwaite (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bassenthwaite (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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bassenthwaite (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 Bassenthwaite (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 Bassenthwaite 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 32W |
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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 32W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 32W |
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 Bassenthwaite (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 Bassenthwaite transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 109km east-northeast (72°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 32km northeast (41°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Bassenthwaite (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C52tv_off | 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 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 160W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 32W |
Local transmitter maps
Bassenthwaite Freeview Caldbeck TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Border (England)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Monday, 17 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 09:21 until 9 Feb 10:09. Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 06:28 until 9 Feb 07:20. . [BBC]
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Friday, 3 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Apr 11:05 until 2 Apr 11:10. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Apr 09:08 until 2 Apr 09:17. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Apr 11:05 until 2 Apr 11:10. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Apr 09:08 until 2 Apr 09:17. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Sep 12:45 until 8 Sep 13:11. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Feb 01:12 until 13 Feb 01:13. . [BBC]
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Friday, 16 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
Bassenthwaite transmitter - Bassenthwaite transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 18 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:17 PM
11:17 PM
Bassenthwaite transmitter - Bassenthwaite transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Bassenthwaite transmitter - Bassenthwaite transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 6 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:49 AM
11:49 AM
Bassenthwaite transmitter - Bassenthwaite transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 8 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 PM
11:50 PM
Bassenthwaite transmitter - Bassenthwaite transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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