Freeview Light on the Stroud (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Stroud (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 14,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Stroud (Gloucestershire, 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 Stroud (Gloucestershire, 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 Stroud 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 200W |
1 BBC One (SD) 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 200W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 200W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD 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 Stroud (Gloucestershire, 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 Stroud transmitter?

BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 43km southwest (218°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.

ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 43km south-southwest (212°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Stroud (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C43 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C46 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C48 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C52tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:36 yesterday to 10:44 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:36 on 19 Dec to 10:44 on 19 Dec. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 today to 04:27 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 today to 04:28 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 yesterday to 04:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 yesterday to 04:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 on 27 Feb to 04:27 on 27 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:14 on 27 Feb to 04:28 on 27 Feb. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:29 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:06 PM
3:06 PM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:29 today to 10:34 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:29 yesterday to 10:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
STROUD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:38 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:29 yesterday to 10:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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