Freeview Light on the Cheselbourne (Dorset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cheselbourne (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves less than 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Cheselbourne (Dorset, 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 Cheselbourne (Dorset, 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 Cheselbourne 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 142m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Cheselbourne (Dorset, 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 Cheselbourne transmitter?

BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 66km east-northeast (78°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 77km east (82°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Cheselbourne (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2 May 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C60tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Aug 14:54 until 25 Aug 14:56. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:25 PM
1:25 PM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 17:27 until 23 Nov 18:22. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Nov 01:18 until 25 Nov 03:24. Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 17:27 until 23 Nov 18:22. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:49 PM
7:49 PM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Jul 19:14. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Jul 17:14 until 18 Jul 19:08. . [BBC]
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Monday, 19 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Jul 19:14 until 18 Jul 19:35. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Jul 17:14 until 18 Jul 19:08. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:50 AM
5:50 AM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Aug 05:05 until 4 Aug 05:08. . [BBC]
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Monday, 23 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Aug 14:23. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Aug 14:23 until 23 Aug 17:37. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:44 AM
11:44 AM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Oct 11:10 until 7 Oct 11:12. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:13 PM
12:13 PM
CHESELBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 28 Nov 08:33. . [BBC]
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