Freeview Light on the Dawlish (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dawlish (Devon, 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 Dawlish (Devon, 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 Dawlish (Devon, 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 Dawlish 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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 139m | DTG- | 20W |
1 BBC One (SD) South 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 139m | DTG- | 20W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 Country), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 139m | DTG- | 20W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South 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 Dawlish (Devon, 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 Dawlish transmitter?

BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 51km west-southwest (246°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 44km west-southwest (242°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Dawlish (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
C32 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C33 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
C52tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C56tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C65 | 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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-5.2dB) 6W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 30 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:22 AM
5:22 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 8 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
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Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish 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
Transmitter engineering
5:43 AM
5:43 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish 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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Friday, 15 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:29 AM
11:29 AM
DAWLISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Oct 17:31 until 13 Oct 18:06. Off the air due to essential engineering from 13 Oct 08:13 until 13 Oct 08:33. . [BBC]
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Monday, 18 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:43 AM
11:43 AM
DAWLISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Oct 17:31 until 13 Oct 18:06. . [BBC]
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Friday, 3 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:07 AM
11:07 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 10 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 31 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:07 AM
10:07 AM
Dawlish transmitter - Dawlish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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