Freeview Light on the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 700 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.
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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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Coniston (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Coniston 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 306m | DTG- | 18W |
1 BBC One (SD) North 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) | 306m | DTG- | 18W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 306m | DTG- | 18W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North 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 Coniston (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Coniston transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-north-west-tonight.jpg)
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 110km south-southeast (154°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-lookaround.jpg)
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 59km north (9°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 90W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 18W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Aug 00:06 until 5 Aug 04:04. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Aug 00:38 until 19 Aug 10:20. Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Aug 00:03 until 19 Aug 00:38. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Aug 00:38 until 19 Aug 10:20. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:50 AM
4:50 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Dec 00:03 until 2 Dec 03:30. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:44 PM
7:44 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Jan 18:55 until 28 Jan 19:00. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Jan 18:23 until 28 Jan 18:32. . [BBC]
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Friday, 5 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:46 AM
7:46 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 5 Feb 06:23 until 5 Feb 06:58. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 20 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:20 PM
7:20 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Feb 19:05. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:37 AM
4:37 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Feb 19:05 until 21 Feb 00:46. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:43 PM
1:43 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Mar 12:17 until 6 Mar 12:54. . [BBC]
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Monday, 15 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:10 PM
12:10 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Mar 11:00 until 15 Mar 11:07. . [BBC]
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