Freeview Light on the Seaham (County Durham, England) transmitter
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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._______
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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Seaham (County Durham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 100W |
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) | 150m | DTG- | 100W |
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) | 150m | DTG- | 100W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Seaham (County Durham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-look-north-newcastle.jpg)
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](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-tynetees.jpg)
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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCA | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | D3+4 | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | BBCB | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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
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Sunday, 9 July 2023
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Steve Donaldson1:00 AM
Chris.SE: Yes, I noticed that too.
The only reason I can think is because there was a plan to use 29, 31 and 37 elsewhere in the area which overlaps Sunderland and Seaham. After all, if it were to be only Sunderland (where the overlap would occur) then Seaham could have used 29, 31 and 37, with just Sunderland SFN with Chatton. But then why wasn't the plan to have Sunderland as SFN with Pontop Pike?
Before 700MHz Clearance, Seaham was co-channel with Chatton's COMs on 41, 44 and 47. Seaham stayed the same, and Chatton's PSBs moved onto its COM channels, thus Seaham is co-channel with Chatton's PSBs now. Chatton got three new channels for its COMs, which are 29, 31 and 37.
Seaham broadcasts northwards into Sunderland's area and therefore if they were co-channel reception would be limited by interference unless they were SFN. Similarly, Sunderland's coverage area has viewers of Chatton.
Pontop Pike isn't used much to the east of Sunderland City Centre. Bilsdale is used quite a bit and this must have been why they added the horizontal component to the Sunderland relay.
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Monday, 24 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jul 08:40 until 23 Jul 11:42. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jul 14:01. Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jul 08:40 until 23 Jul 11:42. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jul 14:01 until 24 Jul 14:28. Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jul 08:40 until 23 Jul 11:42. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
12:18 PM
12:18 PM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jul 14:01 until 24 Jul 14:28. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
Seaham transmitter - Seaham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 31/07/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 7 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Seaham transmitter - Seaham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 11 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Aug 16:08 until 9 Aug 17:54. Off the air due to essential engineering from 9 Aug 13:57 until 9 Aug 16:23. . [BBC]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Aug 16:08 until 9 Aug 17:54. . [BBC]
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Friday, 25 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
SEAHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Aug 10:27 until 25 Aug 10:44. . [BBC]
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