Freeview Light on the Beaminster (Dorset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Beaminster (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Beaminster (Dorset, 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 Beaminster (Dorset, 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 Beaminster 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 200m | DTG- | 15W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 200m | DTG- | 15W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 200m | DTG- | 15W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South 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 Beaminster (Dorset, 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 Beaminster transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 110km west-southwest (246°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 103km west-southwest (244°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Beaminster (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 20W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1.2dB) 15W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 19 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 08:01 on 15 Aug to 17:00 on 15 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 on 15 Aug to 19:23 on 15 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 08:01 on 15 Aug to 17:00 on 15 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 1 [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jan 10:11. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jan 10:11 until 16 Jan 10:50. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Feb 05:17 until 19 Feb 05:21. Off the air due to a fault from 19 Feb 04:42 until 19 Feb 05:12. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:53. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Mar 09:03 until 27 Mar 11:30. . [BBC]
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Friday, 24 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jul 12:19 until 23 Jul 12:23. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Dec 22:30 until 28 Dec 22:37. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:56 AM
7:56 AM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 04:19 until 13 Jan 04:26. . [BBC]
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Monday, 12 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
7:09 PM
7:09 PM
BEAMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jun 18:50 until 12 Jun 19:00. . [BBC]
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