Freeview Light on the Newton (Northumberland, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newton (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 10,000 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 Newton (Northumberland, 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 Newton (Northumberland, 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 Newton 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 | C21 (474.0MHz) | 211m | DTG-3 | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 211m | DTG-3 | 400W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Tyne Tees), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Tyne Tees), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 211m | DTG-6 | 400W |
 74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North 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 Newton (Northumberland, 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 Newton transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 21km east (94°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 17km east (96°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Newton (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||
| C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Mar 11:21 until 2 Mar 11:27. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 15:29 until 29 Mar 15:40. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Apr 00:02 until 1 Apr 00:25. Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 15:29 until 29 Mar 15:40. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:26 PM
7:26 PM
NEWTON transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 1 Apr 12:59 until 1 Apr 13:02. . DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Apr 00:02 until 1 Apr 00:25. Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 15:29 until 29 Mar 15:40. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
NEWTON transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 1 Apr 12:59 until 1 Apr 13:02. . DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Apr 00:02 until 1 Apr 00:25. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:10 AM
9:10 AM
NEWTON transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 1 Apr 12:59 until 1 Apr 13:02. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
NEWTON transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 17 Apr 13:14 until 17 Apr 13:24. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
NEWTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Jun 10:56 until 9 Jun 10:58. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jun 06:43 until 8 Jun 06:45. . [BBC]
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