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Freeview Light on the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.593,-2.042 or 54°35'36"N 2°2'30"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Romaldkirk (County Durham, 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 Romaldkirk 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	C44 (658.0MHz)	380m	DTG-	12W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C41 (634.0MHz)	380m	DTG-	12W
	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	C47 (682.0MHz)	380m	DTG-	12W
	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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?

The Romaldkirk (County Durham, 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 Romaldkirk transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 50km north-northeast (33°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 48km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	31 Dec 2019-
	B E T	B E T	B E T	B E K T	B E K T
C41	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C44	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C47	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C51_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves

_{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	58W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-6.8dB) 12W

Local transmitter maps

Romaldkirk Freeview Romaldkirk DAB Bilsdale TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne Tees

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bilsdale transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Jul 1974	Yorkshire Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004	Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Romaldkirk 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Monday, 22 May 2023

Transmitter engineering

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1:09 PM

- : Slightly reduced due to a fault from 22 May 12:08. Off the air due to a fault from 21 May 14:47 until 21 May 15:26. . [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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7:09 PM

- : Off the air due to a fault from 22 May 18:05 until 22 May 18:12. Slightly reduced due to a fault from 22 May 12:08 until 22 May 18:05. Off the air due to a fault from 21 May 14:47 until 21 May 15:26. . [BBC]

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Friday, 26 May 2023

Transmitter engineering

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4:09 PM

- : Off the air due to a fault from 22 May 18:05 until 22 May 18:12. Slightly reduced due to a fault from 22 May 12:08 until 22 May 18:05. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Transmitter engineering

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10:09 AM

- : Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jun 09:27. . [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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1:09 PM

- : Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jun 09:27 until 13 Jun 12:18. . [BBC]

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Monday, 7 August 2023

Transmitter engineering

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2:20 PM

- : Off the air due to a fault from 7 Aug 11:26 until 7 Aug 12:48. . [BBC]

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Friday, 18 August 2023

Transmitter engineering

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10:47 AM

- Romaldkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all [DUK]

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Monday, 21 August 2023

Transmitter engineering

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5:09 AM

- Romaldkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 21/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all [DUK]

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