Freeview Light on the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
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 Charlbury (Oxfordshire, 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 Charlbury 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 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 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 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 Charlbury (Oxfordshire, 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 Charlbury transmitter?

BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 19km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 112km south (170°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 23 May 2018 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C51tv_off | 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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 53W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.2dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 2 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 on 31 Jul to 05:31 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 on 31 Jul to 05:31 on 31 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:31 today to 02:35 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:31 today to 02:37 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:31 yesterday to 02:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:31 yesterday to 02:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:31 on 11 Sep to 02:35 on 11 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:31 on 11 Sep to 02:37 on 11 Sep. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:42 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 PM
9:07 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:42 today to 10:33 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 28 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:42 yesterday to 10:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:42 on 27 Sep to 10:33 on 27 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:05 AM
12:05 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:29 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:39 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:29 yesterday. [BBC]
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