Freeview Light on the West Runton (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the West Runton (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 West Runton (Norfolk, 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 West Runton (Norfolk, 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 West Runton 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 1 BBC One (SD) East, 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 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 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The West Runton (Norfolk, 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 West Runton transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 33km south (172°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 33km south (171°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the West Runton (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C31 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C37 | D3+4 |
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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
West Runton Freeview West Runton DAB West Runton AM/FM Tacolneston TV region BBC East Anglia (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Saturday, 13 October 2012
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Gordon Rossiter4:22 PM
Cromer
I can tell you the problem West Runton Transmit only 3 multiplexxes hence no ITV3 or ITV4 Or Yesterday NOTHING to DO With My Aerial or high buildings ETC. Just 2 KW T/Mitter Only Please get to grips Thank You
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Gordon Rossiter: I am not sure of your point. As you say, West Runton only carries Public Service channels.
The explanation of why the Commercial broadcasters don't transmit from it is covered in my posting above (Wednesday 19 September 2012 3:02PM).
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Sunday, 17 March 2013
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F Clarke11:43 AM
Why is reception from WestRunton so poor and when will it be improved to include more Freeview channels in Sheringham? An engineer has tried Tacolneston and we were previously on Belmont both of which gave very poor reception with a roof aerial installed in 2011. So far the old analgue system was far better!
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F Clarke: As Sheringham is only a couple of miles from the 2kW transmitter, I would think that, generally speaking, it's very good. Exceptions may exist where the terrain or objects on the ground such as trees and buildings obstruct the path.
It could be the case that the signal going into your receiver is too high (owing to the relatively close proximity to the 2kW transmitter):
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
I covered why West Runton only carries Public Service (PSB) channels here:
West Runton (Norfolk, England) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
As I said there, you won't be able to combine West Runton with Belmont to get all the Commercial channels, even if Belmont is a possibility.
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
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paul bond7:42 AM
why do we only get a basic freeview package of west runton in cromer when of belmont you get many more channels
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jb388:18 AM
paul bond: Ref: KMJ,Derby's explanation.
The simple answer is transmission costs. To equip most of the relay sites with transmitters for the COM muxes would have roughly doubled the cost of providing the service but only served a further 8% of the population, consequently the COM mux owners declined to add the service to additional masts when they were invited to do so.
A similar situation exists on radio, with Classic FM not being transmitted from smaller relay sites.
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paul bond: I answered that question above!
See Sunday 17 March 2013 1:20PM.
One possibility is to use Belmont as your main transmitter, and feed the West Runton signal into a separate set-top box, for use when regional programming is being broadcast.
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Monday, 3 June 2013
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graham7:21 PM
Sheringham
I am on the West Runton light transmitter. The last few days we have been having 'No signal' coming up and bad 'pixilation'.This is sometimes on the normal channels and then on the HD. We normally have very good signals, the TV and 'box' are nearly new. It appears that the problems exist when there is high pressure reported on the weather. Could this be the case?
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Friday, 7 June 2013
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Bill Catherall7:29 PM
Norwich
My postcode is NR10 3AD my aerial is on the roof I have a Sony digibox modelSVR-HDT500
The problem I have is for the last few weeks
starting on Friday's I lose channel 55 I try
re-tuning at different times over the weekend period with no success but straight away on Monday mornings I get channel 55 back
your help would be appreciated
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Monday, 8 July 2013
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donna10:04 PM
Norwich
I have lost all HD channels for over 24hrs. I have auto and manual retuned. But they have gone completely. I believe I am using Talconstonwest runton and cant see any outstanding works recorded that might cause it.
Please advise if possible.
NR86YY
LG smart tv working ok for over 6mnths.
Ariel in,, High gain
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