Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 700,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) mast?
Pontop Pike transmitter - Pontop Pike transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Pontop Pike 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Pontop Pike transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 15km northeast (42°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 12km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
Are there any self-help relays?
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How will the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||||
| C56tv_off | LNE | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C59tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-11.6dB) 34.6kW | |
| com7 | (-11.7dB) 33.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LNE | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Pontop Pike Freeview Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Sunday, 15 September 2019
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Chris.SE12:29 AM
Ann Hastie:
Have you & your neighbour retuned? There was a retune event on Thursday 12th as part of the What is 700MHz clearance? | Freeview where the BBCA/PSB1 multiplex moved to UHF Channel 32. You should have seen on-screen messages in the days leading upto the retune.
In your location you may not have any problems with the retune even if you have an old C/D group aerial, see About us | Freeview
If however you are having problems due to an old aerial you are going to need a Group T (Wideband) aerial. Providing you don't have Satellite or Cable TV you can get free help by contacting the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288
There will be another retune event on 13th November when all the multiplexes are moving to new UHF channels.
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Chris.SE12:44 AM
WILLIAM STRACHAN:
Keep it Country has closed on Freeview to be replaced by Spotlight TV which is only receivable on the Manchester Local multiplex. See Channel listings | Freeview
Spotlight TV is available on Sky, Freesat and streamed if you have a smart tv via Freeview channel 264. See What Happened To FreeView? - Spotlight TV
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carole robson7:45 AM
I have lost all BBC programs. I retuned my tv set, all came back, I switched tv off and next time I put tv back on they had gone again. I have a small inside ariel and it has been fine. where do I go from here?
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019
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Chris.SE6:21 AM
carole robson:
There is planned engineering work at Pontop Pike this week with "Possible weak signal" . Do NOT carry out a retune whilst you have lost signals as it will only remove the correct tuning of your correct channels. Wait until you have signal return and then carry out a retune and then leave things alone as the engineering work may not be complete.
As you are using an indoor aerial, you may not have the strongest signal, but without a full postcode it will not be possible to gibe further detailed advice.
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Saturday, 21 September 2019
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Anthony Brown7:47 PM
Is it possible to view BT subscriptions sports channel via the Freeview service
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StevensOnln19:52 PM
Anthony Brown: No. The clue is in the name - Freeview only carries free to air channels. BT Sports is available via internet from BT, or on satellite or cable.
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Saturday, 5 October 2019
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Gerry Sothcott4:33 PM
Cramlington
No BBC channels again despite retuning TV in Ne23 3SZ postcode. Other channels are fine
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Chris.SE9:05 PM
Gerry Sothcott:
There have been several posts immediately before your from Transmitter Engineering.
There has been planned engineering work at Pontop Pike this week with "Possible weak signal" . Do NOT carry out a retune whilst you have lost signals as it will only remove the correct tuning of your correct channels. Wait until you have signal return and then carry out a retune and then leave things alone as the engineering work may not be complete.
The final retune event for Pontop Pike is not until 13th November see About us | Freeview for your location. Do not retune before then.
Additionally, there was a retune event on Thursday 12th September as part of the What is 700MHz clearance? | Freeview where the BBCA/PSB1 multiplex moved temporarily to UHF Channel 32.
In your location you MAY not have any problems with the retunes even if you have an old C/D group aerial,
If however you are having problems with the PSB1/BBCA channels since the 12th September due to an old aerial you MAY need a Group T (Wideband) aerial but that situation MAY improve with the final retune as the PSB1/BBCA mux moves to C39 BUT you could continue to then have issues with the COM4/5&6 and Local muxes.. If you continue to have problems then providing you don't have Satellite or Cable TV you can get free help by contacting the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288
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Monday, 28 October 2019
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phillip k harrison8:42 PM
do not receive any channels numbered from 90 to 100 on the regular digital frequencies I do not have HD TV just a regular Digital TV
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Chris.SE9:15 PM
phillip k harrison:
LCN 90 is on a Manchester Local mux, the rest are on HD multiplexes see Channel listings | Freeview
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