Full Freeview on the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 18,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) mast?
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bristol Kings Weston 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bristol Kings Weston transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-points-west.jpg)
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 5km southeast (140°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-west-west.jpg)
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 9km southeast (133°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | E T | W T | K T | |||
C22 | SDN | ||||||||
C25 | ArqA | ||||||||
C28 | ArqB | ||||||||
C30 | LBS | LBS | |||||||
C31 | _local | ||||||||
C40 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C43 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||||
C45 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C46 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
C48 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C52tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C53tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C57tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
C60tv_off | -ArqB | -ArqB |
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 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 1000W | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200W | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 100W | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, LBS | (-17dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Bristol Kings Weston Freeview Bristol Kings Weston DAB Mendip TV region BBC West WestWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Monday, 11 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 25 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:04 AM
9:04 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 1 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 9 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:27 PM
9:27 PM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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