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The symbol shows the location of the Seaham (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 6,700 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 Seaham (County Durham, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Seaham 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
C41 (634.0MHz)150mDTG-100W
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
C44 (658.0MHz)150mDTG-100W
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
C47 (682.0MHz)150mDTG-100W
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
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Seaham (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, 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 Seaham transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 22km northwest (315°)
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, 24km northwest (308°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

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

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCA
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCAD3+4
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4BBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 100W
Analogue 1-4(-2.3dB) 59W

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. Seaham 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.

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Saturday, 5 October 2019
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5:08 AM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:07 on 03 Oct to 12:08 on 03 Oct. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
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10:26 PM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 1 Apr 12:59 until 1 Apr 13:02. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 19 April 2020
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7:28 AM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 17 Apr 13:14 until 17 Apr 13:24. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 24 June 2020
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10:28 PM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jun 10:56 until 23 Jun 12:01. . [BBC]

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Friday, 24 July 2020
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1:28 PM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jul 11:56 until 24 Jul 12:30. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 27 August 2020
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7:28 PM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Aug 11:07 until 26 Aug 12:16. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 16 September 2020
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10:28 AM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Sep 06:26 until 15 Sep 08:44. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 17 November 2021
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6:19 AM

SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Nov 02:49. . [BBC]

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SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Nov 02:49 until 17 Nov 14:00. . [BBC]

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Friday, 10 March 2023
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11:08 AM

Seaham transmitter - Seaham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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