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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 |
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Sunday, 15 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Mar 10:03 until 15 Mar 10:57. . [BBC]
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Friday, 20 March 2020
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Robin Farmer6:02 PM
Chipping Norton
OX7 3PH
I receive Freeview programmes from the Charlbury transmitter. Last Sunday morning, 15th March, there was a power cut in the area. Power was restored after about half-an-hour, after several unsuccessful attempts. Transmissions on frequencies C42 and C45 were also restored, but not that on C39 carrying BBCA, containing the non-HD BBC television channels and the BBC radio channels.
As at 1800hrs on Friday 20th March, programmes on C39 are still unavailable and I will be grateful for advice on when we can expect them to be restored.
Yours sincerely,
Robin Farmer
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Saturday, 21 March 2020
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Chris.SE2:54 AM
Robin Farmer:
Well this is odd as the BBC aren't currently reporting a fault with C39 PSB1/BBCA multiplex, they have listed the fault on the 15th, but someone else reported the same problem on Wednesday
Can you check that you haven't lost tuning to C39 by carrying out a manual retune?
If you definitely have no signal after doing that, phone the BBC on 03700 100 123 and make a point of emphasising that it's been off all week and that you have retuned.
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Robin Farmer6:22 PM
Chipping Norton
OX7 3PH
Chris,
Thank you for your advice. I have undertaken a manual channel selection of Channel 39 and the problem appears to have been solved. In the past, Auto Re-tune has always selected the strongest signals, but, for whatever reason, clearly did not do so on this occasion.
I shall know what to do next time.
Robin Farmer
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Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 9 Sep 00:41 until 9 Sep 01:04. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Sep 07:25 until 16 Sep 07:26. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 01:31 until 21 Sep 11:11. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Sep 07:25 until 16 Sep 07:26. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:25 PM
10:25 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Sep 09:58 until 22 Sep 10:24. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 01:31 until 21 Sep 11:11. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Sep 0 [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Sep 16:37. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Sep 09:58 until 22 Sep 10:24. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 01:31 until 21 Sep 11:11. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Sep 16:37 until 24 Sep 17:19. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Sep 09:58 until 22 Sep 10:24. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 01:31 until 21 Sep 11:11. [BBC]
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