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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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C21 (474.0MHz)211mDTG-400W
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
C24 (498.0MHz)211mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C27 (522.0MHz)211mDTG-400W
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
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the effected channels

The Newton (Northumberland, 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 Newton transmitter?

regional news image
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.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBCA
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCB
C24D3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C27BBCB
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area

Jan 1959-Feb 2004Tyne Tees 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. Newton 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, 8 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Oct 12:01 until 7 Oct 12:42. . [BBC]

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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
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7:54 AM

NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 9 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
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7:51 AM

NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 9 Jan 00:04 until 9 Jan 00:33. Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
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5:11 AM

NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 9 Jan 00:04 until 9 Jan 00:33. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 4 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
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1:38 PM

NEWTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 08:15 until 4 Mar 08:37. . [BBC]

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Friday, 13 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
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10:49 AM

Newton transmitter - Newton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 16 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
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5:20 AM

Newton transmitter - Newton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Wednesday, 29 June 2022
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Tucker
4:57 PM

We have no BBC or ITV reception at present although we can access other channels like SKY Arts. Is there a problem with the transmitter?

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Chris.SE
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9:29 PM

Tucker:

If you are receiving Sky Arts which is carried on the ArqA/COM5 multiplex, then you are not receiving it from the Newton transmitter which is only Freeview Light (PSBs1-3).
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.

The chances are you are getting your signals from the main Pontop Pike transmitter. Which direction is your aerial pointing and are the rods vertical or horizontal?
The Popntop Pike transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with the Possible effect on TV reception "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels". This can mean no signal in weaker signal areas. Do NOT retune as this will likely clear your correct tuning and you'd need to repeat retune until you got your signals back.

However please note that there are some minor channel changes going on in these last two days in June, and a retune will be needed at some point and COM7, always a temporary multiplex, is closing.



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Monday, 30 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
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11:09 AM

NEWTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jan 09:50. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jan 09:50. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jan 09:50. . [BBC]

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