Freeview Light on the Falstone (Northumberland, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Falstone (Northumberland, 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 Falstone (Northumberland, 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 Falstone (Northumberland, 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 Falstone 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 176m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 176m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 176m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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 Falstone (Northumberland, 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 Falstone transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 57km east-southeast (113°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 54km east-southeast (115°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Falstone (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| 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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
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Monday, 16 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:08 AM
8:08 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Programme from 18:30 on 13 Sep to 19:00 on 13 Sep, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:40 on 13 Sep to 18:30 on 13 Sep, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 19:00 on 13 Sep to 21:43 on 13 Sep. [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:07 today to 12:08 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 4 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:07 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:07 on 03 Oct to 12:08 on 03 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Feb 23:09 until 11 Feb 23:18. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Feb 23:09 until 11 Feb 23:18. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:26 PM
7:26 PM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 1 Apr 12:59 until 1 Apr 13:02. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 19 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 17 Apr 13:14 until 17 Apr 13:24. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 May 04:48 until 19 May 04:50. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
FALSTONE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jun 02:58 until 27 Jun 03:03. . [BBC]
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