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The symbol shows the location of the Bellingham (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 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 Bellingham (Northumberland, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bellingham 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
C27 (522.0MHz)272mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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
C24 (498.0MHz)272mDTG-10W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C21 (474.0MHz)272mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Bellingham (Northumberland, 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 Bellingham transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 45km east-southeast (112°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 42km east-southeast (115°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Bellingham (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1331 Dec 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 10W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area

Jan 1959-Feb 2004Tyne Tees 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. Bellingham 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
Saturday, 26 November 2011
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Bryan Owen
6:12 PM

Hi
Can you get Dab radio reception in Bellingham?

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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Briantist
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10:01 AM

Bryan Owen: Can you please provide a postcode?

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Saturday, 17 August 2013
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dave bambrough
8:31 PM

no freeview signal being recieved through aerial. reception was fine 2 hours ago. tv has built in freeview tuner

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jb38
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9:23 PM

dave bambrough: I replied to your posting made earlier on @ 7.43pm under a "satellite heading" and where you had referred to a "no default transponder" message being seen, can it be taken that this latest 8.31pm posting is referring to a separate Freeview device that you also possess?

If though it is, then are you connected into a communal dish / aerial distribution system?

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dave bambrough
9:39 PM
Hexham

yes its a seperate issue. freeview is to my own aerial as is my freesat to my own dish

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jb38
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11:48 PM

dave bambrough: Thanks for the update on the situation, however as nothing is seen listed on the engineering notice board with regards to any problem existing with Bellingham or even the Pontop Pike transmitters, then rather than searching about for a fault that "might" not exist it would be advisable to make a check with a neighbour or whoever to determine if the problem is only confined to your own installation, or maybe not as the case may be!

If it is, then are you using any form of booster? because if you are then try bypassing it by connecting the aerial straight into the TV.

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Friday, 26 December 2014
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Alistair
8:32 AM

When will Ridsdale get free view? NE482TJ

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jb38
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11:37 AM

Alistair: Ridsdale is covered by the Caldbeck transmitter located @ 46 miles on a bearing of 235 degrees, albeit with the signal path from that station suffering from a obstruction (minor?) at just under 1mile prior to the village.

A quick check made on the rooftops of properties located in main street of the village showing number of aerials facing towards the Caldbeck transmitter, with only a few facing towards Chatton @ 29 miles / 25 degrees, the signal path from the latter suffering from multiple obstructions from around 9 miles or so.

The channels used by the Caldbeck transmitter being as follows:

BBC1 (C25) - ITV (C28) - Main HD service (C30) - SDN / ITV3 etc (C23) - Pick TV etc (C26) - 4Music etc (C29) - COM7 HD / (C32)

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Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

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