Freeview Light on the Cirencester (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cirencester (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 4,500 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 Cirencester (Gloucestershire, England) mast?
Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Cirencester (Gloucestershire, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Cirencester 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 235m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 235m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 235m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Cirencester (Gloucestershire, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Cirencester transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 53km southwest (234°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 52km southwest (230°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Cirencester (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 7 Feb 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C30 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 9 July 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 July 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 18 July 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 8 October 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 October 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 October 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 25 October 2021
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 13 January 2023
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Cirencester transmitter - Cirencester transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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