Full Freeview on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter which serves 34,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) mast?
Fenham transmitter - Fenham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Fenham 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenham transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 3km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 2km south-southwest (206°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| A K T | W T | W T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C30 | _local | BBCB | |||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C36 | _local | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 1-5 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 40W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Fenham Freeview Fenham DAB Fenham AM/FM Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Saturday, 16 February 2013
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James11:20 AM
My bbc channels have disappeared. I have turned the system off and rescanned multiple times. Any suggestions? This is a Sony Bravia tv with inbuilt free view.
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Sunday, 7 April 2013
Howard Galley
12:58 PM
Blaydon-on-tyne
12:58 PM
Blaydon-on-tyne
James: Hi James,sounds like you may have an aerial problem, it should be vertical on its fittings, water in cable maybe - take your coax plug apart on the end of the cable to see if its dry and not discolored (greeny yellow & wet of course) BBC channels are on ch 27 lower end of the spectrum at Fenham.
Things you can try use a cheap freeview digibox & try tuning that in, look for damage to the aerial & cable, try your Sony tv at your friends house. Good luck!
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Sunday, 15 December 2013
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Dave Hagen5:43 PM
Chester Le Street
Hi, why is it when I put my post code in DH2 3HZ I only get the option of the Fenham & Bilsdale transmitters & not the one that serves my area which is Pontop Pike.........cheers Dave.
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Monday, 25 August 2014
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Peter4:03 PM
When will we get BBC4 HD in Newcastle? NE1 post code.
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Iain6:35 PM
Chester Le Street
Peter: Its available now either from Pontop Pike on UHF channel 33 or from Fenham on UHF Channel 31
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014
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Peter10:40 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Ian. Afraid neither myself nor my neighbour seem to be able to get BBC 4hd or any of the other channels on the same band. Is there a helpline I can call do you know?
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jb3811:57 PM
Peter: As Pontop Pike (@ 10 miles) is indicated as being the station that covers your particular area, try carrying out a "manual" tune on Ch33 (570.00Mhz) / COM7 and see if this brings any results.
By the way, hesitate after entering Ch33 into the manual tune box rather than immediately pressing search or scan, because if the COM7 signal is being received the strength / quality of will appear in the level indicator bars, pressing search or scan in most equipment blanking the levels out.
Another point to note being, that COM7 radiates at a somewhat lower power (33Kw) than the other COM channels on 50Kw, although this might not be a significant factor where you are located, and which would appear to be line-of-sight with the transmitter.
That said is on the assumption that you are able to view HD programmes from the main HD mux on Ch49.
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Friday, 12 December 2014
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mark8:28 PM
when are we going to get the new channel "made in tyne and wear" , transmitted from the fenham transmitter ??? ,
at the moment it is only transmitted from the pontop pike transmitter , and down the teams in gateshead we cannot recieve MIT&W as we have to be tuned into the fenham one, (as we are in a blackspot for the pontop pike reception and cant pick it up.....
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Monday, 23 November 2015
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Willial Pepper11:02 AM
I live in Shieldfield , Newcastle in a multi-storey block. I was receiving channel 81 but can no longer get it. Is there any reason for this - my ariel has been checked and is OK. Thanks.
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