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The symbol shows the location of the Frome (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 4,500 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 Frome (Somerset, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Frome 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)93mDTG-2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) 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
C23 (490.0MHz)93mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)93mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD 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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Frome (Somerset, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Frome transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 32km northwest (322°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 29km northwest (325°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Frome (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-135 Jun 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C23D3+4D3+4
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C26BBCABBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C29BBCBBBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 2W
Analogue 1-4(-3dB) 1W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Frome was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Thursday, 7 April 2011
M
M Jones
10:50 AM

My channel reception keeps changing. Lost channels 18 and 21 ( music channels ).

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Monday, 2 May 2011
D
David
8:51 PM

Hi. When will the Frome transmitter transmit more freeview channels?
Thanks

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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
M
Mike Dimmick
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1:52 PM

David: Sorry - as far as we know, the answer is never. The commercial multiplex operators have refused the right to transmit from any more sites, and the regulator has decided not to force them.

If you were using the Frome relay because of 'ghosting' on analogue, you might now be able to get a full service from a main transmitter, but it does depend on the terrain. If you provide a full postcode we can check this. You're likely to need a new aerial, though.

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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Pete Carlyon
10:40 AM

My daughter has just moved into Trowbridge (BS14) and there is an old tv aerial in the loft. What sort of new digital aerial will I need for the loft and in which direction will I need to point it (Mendip? Frome?)please. (BS14 an) 

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Briantist
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11:45 AM

Pete Carlyon: "please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right)".

You need a rooftop aerial for reliable Freeview reception, loft aerials are not suitable for stable reception.

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Tuesday, 23 August 2016
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Peter Millican
9:48 AM
Frome

I don't have any problems with freeview though sometimes on some tv stations the signal is rather weak, it appears to depend on the weather.
My question is...... my roof aerial currently points towards the Mendip transmitter near Wells. Should I point it towards the Frome transmitter?

Thanks in advance,

Peter.

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:16 AM

Peter Millican: The Frome transmitter only broadcasts around 19 TV channels so you will probably find that you would loose a lot more channels by turning your aerial to Frome than if you keep it pointed at Mendip.

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Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

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