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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 3,800 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 Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bristol Montpelier 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)71mDTG-10W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) 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
C24 (498.0MHz)71mDTG-10W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C21+ (474.2MHz)71mDTG-10W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD 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?

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The Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, 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 Bristol Montpelier transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 1km west-southwest (237°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 4km southeast (146°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Bristol Montpelier (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-135 Jun 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21+BBCBBBCB
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C24D3+4D3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C27BBCABBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 10W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech 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. Bristol Montpelier 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.

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Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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4:30 AM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 yesterday to 04:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 yesterday to 04:28 yesterday. [BBC]

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Thursday, 1 March 2018
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4:30 AM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 on 27 Feb to 04:27 on 27 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 on 27 Feb to 04:28 on 27 Feb. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 16 January 2019
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5:32 AM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 today. [BBC]

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8:31 AM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 today to 03:19 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 today to 03:19 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 17 January 2019
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4:30 AM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 yesterday to 03:19 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 yesterday to 03:19 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 18 January 2019
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BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 on 16 Jan to 03:19 on 16 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:19 on 16 Jan to 03:19 on 16 Jan. [BBC]

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Saturday, 16 March 2019
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11:09 PM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 21:58 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 30 March 2019
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8:09 PM

BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:31 today. [BBC]

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BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 18:31 today to 21:14 today. [BBC]

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Sunday, 31 March 2019
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BRISTOL MONTPELIER transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 18:31 yesterday to 21:14 yesterday. [BBC]

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