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The symbol shows the location of the Weardale (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 2,800 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 Weardale (County Durham, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Weardale 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
C44 (658.0MHz)450mDTG-200W
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
C47 (682.0MHz)450mDTG-200W
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
C41 (634.0MHz)450mDTG-200W
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 Weardale (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 Weardale transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 34km northeast (41°)
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, 31km northeast (36°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

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

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1331 Dec 2019-
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C1BBCtvwaves
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCB
C44BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4
C51tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 1000W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 200W

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. Weardale 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.

Comments
Monday, 17 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
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4:07 AM

Weardale transmitter - Weardale transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 17/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 27 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:20 PM

WEARDALE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 13:36 until 27 Nov 13:38. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 13:36 until 27 Nov 13:38. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 24 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
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11:20 AM

WEARDALE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Dec 07:44. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Dec 07:44. . [BBC]

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5:21 PM

WEARDALE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Dec 07:44 until 24 Dec 15:35. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Dec 07:44 until 24 Dec 15:24. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 21 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
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11:20 AM

WEARDALE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 09:00 until 21 Jan 09:01. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 09:00 until 21 Jan 09:01. . [BBC]

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