Freeview Light on the Weardale (County Durham, England) transmitter
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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._______
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 Weardale (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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 200W |
 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) | 450m | DTG- | 200W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 Weardale (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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Weardale transmitter?
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.
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-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 |
Local transmitter maps
Weardale Freeview Weardale DAB Weardale AM/FM Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Saturday, 29 September 2012
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BS WALL1:17 PM
Bishop Auckland
first switchover fine getting good picture and programme guide and able to record on hard drive. However since second switchover we are not getting any guide on the popular channels and unable to record.Why is it taking so long for this info to be received . Guide display reads NO EVENT INFORMATION.reported this problem to Argos technical support and they have stated that it is a matter of waiting and retuning. any suggestions?
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BS WALL: It would be useful to know which channels are. Are you referring to BBC and ITV, C4 (i.e. PSBs)?
At your location, the two possible transmitters would appear to be the local Weardale relay and Bilsdale.
It would also be useful to know which transmitter you are receiving from. I guess that you are probably getting the full service (PSBs+COMs) and therefore must have your aerial direct at Bilsdale rather than the local Weardale relay (which only carries PSBs).
Refer here to the list of Freeview services by PSB/COM multiplex:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
If your aerial is on Bilsdale, your receiver could perhaps have tuned to it for the COMs (because it is the only transmitter of the two that are broadcasting them) and to Weardale for the PSBs (maybe because they are the stronger PSBs of the two - despite being at opposite polarity to the aerial).
If so, then perhaps the EPG information is different from Pontop Pike than Bilsdale (as Weardale is a relay of Pontop Pike) and this is the reason that it is not building up.
Check to see which channels it has tuned to and whether they match the direction of your aerial:
PSB1 | BBC One | Bilsdale=C26 | Weardale=C44
PSB2 | ITV1 | Bilsdale=C29 | Weardale=C47
PSB3 | BBC One HD | Bisdale=C23 | Weardale=C41
COM4 | ITV3 | Bilsdale=C43
COM5 | Pick TV | Bilsdale=C46
COM6 | Film4 | Bilsdale=C40
For each of these services bring up the signal strength screen and check that the tuned channel number matches that of the desired transmitter.
Also look in the 800s for the PSBs from the other transmitter.
Due to Weardale being interleaved with Bilsdale's COMs, the best way is to use manual tuning if available. If it's not, then this is going to be more tricky.
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Sunday, 28 November 2021
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Jill4:58 PM
The transmitter doesn't appear to be working since storm Arwen. Is this to do with all the power cuts
In the area?
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Jill5:00 PM
The transmitter doesn't appear to be working since storm Arwen. Is this to do with all the power cuts
In the area?
All of the resets have been done. It's not just me, it's our neighbours too.
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Chris.SE7:12 PM
Bishop Auckland
Jill:
The BBC are reporting a fault.
Whilst the BBC have reported fault details on their individual transmitter page, they have NOT (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
From 8:15:49pm on 26th Nov 2021 BBC A /BBCB HD Off the air due to a fault
No doubt due to a power outage as a result of the abysmal weather. I can't find any further updates at this time.
Statement from BBC Engineering -
Interruptions to television and radio services due to Storm Arwen
High winds and rain are causing problems with electricity supplies to several transmitters across the UK. Regional electricity suppliers are working hard to restore services. You can check the status of your local transmitter using our transmitter checker tool.
While you're waiting you could try BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds to carry on watching or listening to your favourite programmes. They are both available on Smart televisions and many other internet connected devices.
Keep up with the latest weather in your area.
I'd go looking on Northern power grid's website where they'll have all the outages listed and approx times they hope it'll be restored. Postcode for transmitter is DL13 2TH.
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