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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)200mDTG-15W
Channel icons
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)200mDTG-15W
Channel icons
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)200mDTG-15W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Beaminster (Dorset, 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! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, 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 Beaminster transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 110km west-southwest (246°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1727 Mar 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TA K T
C30BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C50tv_off BBCABBCA
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves BBCBBBCB
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves D3+4D3+4
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Beaminster was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Monday, 19 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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