Freeview Light on the Leicester (Leicester, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Leicester (Leicester, England) transmitter which serves 4,100 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 Leicester (Leicester, 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 Leicester (Leicester, 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 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, 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 Leicester 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 85m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 85m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 85m | DTG-6 | 2W |
 74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 52 Freeview channels?
The Leicester (Leicester, 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 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, 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 Leicester transmitter?
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 36km north (0°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 55km west-southwest (253°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
How will the Leicester (Leicester, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 7 Feb 2018- | |||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 13W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-8.1dB) 2W |
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Friday, 23 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:36 yesterday to 08:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:36 on 22 Nov to 08:42 on 22 Nov. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 05:55. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 05:55. Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 05:55. Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 12:36. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
LEICESTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 12:36. . [BBC]
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