Freeview Light on the Dentdale (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dentdale (Cumbria, 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 Dentdale (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Dentdale (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Dentdale 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) | 290m | DTG-3 | 10W |
1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 290m | DTG-3 | 10W |
3 ITV (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, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 290m | DTG-6 | 10W |
74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 51 Freeview channels?
The Dentdale (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Dentdale transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 94km north-northeast (33°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 76km north-northwest (337°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
Dent | Active deflector | 10 km E Sedbergh | 25 homes |
How will the Dentdale (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
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 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 52W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.2dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 5 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
2:05 PM
2:05 PM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 today to 11:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:05 PM
5:05 PM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 today to 14:58 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 today to 11:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 today to 14:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 today to 11:41 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:05 PM
8:05 PM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 today to 14:58 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 today to 15:45 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 today to 11:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 today to 15:45 today, HD Digital TV Off Air [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:05 PM
11:05 PM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 today to 21:42 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 today to 11:41 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:09 today to 20:32 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 today to 14:58 today, BBC Digital TV Off Ai [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 yesterday to 11:41 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:53 yesterday to 18:56 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 yesterday to 15:45 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:05 AM
8:05 AM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 yesterday to 15:45 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 yesterday to 11:41 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 yesterday to 21:42 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:05 AM
11:05 AM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 yesterday to 15:45 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 yesterday to 11:41 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:53 yesterday to 18:56 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:05 PM
5:05 PM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 yesterday to 11:41 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:53 yesterday to 18:56 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 yesterday to 15:45 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 yesterday to 14:58 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 on 05 Nov to 11:41 on 05 Nov, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 on 05 Nov to 14:58 on 05 Nov, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:53 on 05 Nov to 18:56 on 05 Nov, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 on 05 Nov to 15:45 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:05 AM
11:05 AM
DENTDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:44 on 05 Nov to 11:41 on 05 Nov, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:55 on 05 Nov to 14:58 on 05 Nov, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 on 05 Nov to 15:45 on 05 Nov, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:53 on 05 Nov to 18:56 [BBC]
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