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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the West Runton (Norfolk, England) mast?
West Runton transmitter - West Runton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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: 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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), | |||||
| 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: 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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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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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graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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donna's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Paul10:29 PM
Hi There.
Has anyone else noticed the frequent interruptions to the signals/channels broadcast from West Runton tonight?
I think there have been significant outages on all channels this evening, although not at the same time.
Come to think of it, last night wasn't too good either!
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Paul10:34 PM
Donna :-
If I'm right and you are in Taverham, you *cannot* be using the West Runton transmitter - it simply will not reach that far.
You are far more likely to be using the main Tacolneston transmitter, meaning your TV aerial should be pointing more or less south.
Someone somewhere appears to be messing around with the local transmitters, especially Tacolneston.
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jb3811:03 PM
donna: Paul is correct in what he has said insomuch that your reception will be from the Tacolneston transmitter as you are outwith West Runtons service area, Tacolneston being listed in the engineering notice board as being liable to interruption at random times for the week commencing today 08/07/2013.
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
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donna6:55 AM
Norwich
Many thanks Paul and JB38. Yes I thought I was on Talconston too, its just this page had me also listed under WR so was a little confused.
I shall do another update in about a week then as not much point before then if T are doing things :) Thanks for your help!
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donna's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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