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.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
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: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 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-3 | 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 142m | DTG-3 | 32W |
 3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 142m | DTG-6 | 32W |
 73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Bassenthwaite (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 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 - 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
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Friday, 14 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:32 today to 02:40 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:32 today to 02:40 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:32 yesterday to 02:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:32 yesterday to 02:40 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:32 on 14 Aug to 02:40 on 14 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:32 on 14 Aug to 02:40 on 14 Aug. [BBC]
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Monday, 21 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Sunday, 6 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 7 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 on 07 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 05 Dec to 14:30 on 07 Dec. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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