Freeview Light on the Preston (Dorset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Preston (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Preston (Dorset, 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 Preston (Dorset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Preston 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 57m | DTG- | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 57m | DTG- | 20W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 57m | DTG- | 20W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Preston (Dorset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Preston transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 125km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 117km west-southwest (257°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Preston (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| 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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-6dB) 5W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 30 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
PRESTON transmitter - AM: Off the air due to a fault from 23 May 04:03 until 23 May 05:31. . [BBC]
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Friday, 12 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
PRESTON transmitter - AM: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Sep 15:40 until 23 Sep 16:00. Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 16:33 until 19 Sep 16:35. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
PRESTON transmitter - AM: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jun 04:04 until 30 Jun 04:14. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
PRESTON transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Oct 10:07. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
PRESTON transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Oct 10:07 until 1 Oct 10:23. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:25 AM
5:25 AM
PRESTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 11:16 until 11 Jan 11:33. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 7 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:49 AM
4:49 AM
PRESTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Feb 11:14 until 6 Feb 14:29. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:33 PM
3:33 PM
PRESTON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Jun 16:25 until 16 Jun 16:50. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:46 PM
2:46 PM
PRESTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jun 14:16 until 27 Jun 14:18. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:46 PM
8:46 PM
PRESTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jun 20:06 until 27 Jun 20:07. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jun 14:16 until 27 Jun 14:18. . [BBC]
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