Freeview Light on the Luton (Luton, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Luton (Luton, England) transmitter which serves 29,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Luton (Luton, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Luton (Luton, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Freeview channels does the Luton 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 80W |
1 BBC One (SD) Cambridge, 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 80W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (West micro region)), 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 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 80W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Cambridge, 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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Luton (Luton, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Luton transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-look-east-west.jpg)
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 56km northeast (43°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-anglia.jpg)
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 145km northeast (52°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Luton (Luton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | _local | _local | |||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 80W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:07 on 14 Jun to 22:10 on 14 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:07 on 14 Jun to 22:10 on 14 Jun. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 19 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
LUTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 27 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
LUTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:19 today to 12:26 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:19 yesterday to 12:26 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:19 on 08 Mar to 12:26 on 08 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 today to 19:38 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 today to 19:38 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 yesterday to 19:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 yesterday to 19:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LUTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 on 16 Mar to 19:38 on 16 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:17 on 16 Mar to 19:38 on 16 Mar. [BBC]
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