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The symbol shows the location of the Gosforth (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 900 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 Gosforth (Cumbria, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Gosforth 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
C32 (562.0MHz)90mDTG-100W
Channel icons
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
C34 (578.0MHz)90mDTG-100W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (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, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C35 (586.0MHz)90mDTG-100W
Channel icons
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

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 Gosforth (Cumbria, 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! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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 TV 2, 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 Gosforth transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 134km east-northeast (62°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 64km north-northeast (33°)
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?

Eskdale:boot BActive deflector20 km SE Whitehaven27 homes

How will the Gosforth (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20072007-132013-182013-1712 Aug 2020
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TC/D E TA K T
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB
C49tv_offBBCABBCABBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 17 Oct 07 and 14 Nov 07.

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

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 100W
Analogue 1-4(-3dB) 50W

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

Sep 1961-Feb 2004Border 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. Gosforth 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:40 on 30 Oct to 12:02 on 30 Oct. [BBC]

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Thursday, 16 November 2017
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5:09 PM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:12 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 17 November 2017
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5:09 AM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 14:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 14:12 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 18 November 2017
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5:39 AM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 16 Nov to 14:12 on 16 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 16 Nov to 14:12 on 16 Nov. [BBC]

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Thursday, 8 March 2018
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10:30 AM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:11 today to 07:13 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 9 March 2018
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4:29 AM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:11 yesterday to 07:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 10 March 2018
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4:29 AM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:11 on 08 Mar to 07:13 on 08 Mar. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 28 March 2018
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3:08 PM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:47 today. [BBC]

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Monday, 19 November 2018
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2:09 PM

GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 today. [BBC]

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GOSFORTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:14 today to 14:16 today. [BBC]

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