Freeview Light on the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter which serves 600 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 Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, 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 Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, 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 West Wycombe 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 154m | DTG- | 6W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 154m | DTG- | 6W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 154m | DTG- | 6W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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 West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, 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 West Wycombe transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 47km east-southeast (104°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 48km east-southeast (103°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
E | E | E | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C67 | 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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 28W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5.6W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:50 on 16 Feb to 14:45 on 16 Feb BBC ONE Off Air from 10:13 on 16 Feb to 12:48 on 16 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 13:50 on 16 Feb to 14:45 on 16 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 10:13 on 16 Feb to 12:48 on 16 Feb [BBC]
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Sunday, 20 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 PM
9:09 PM
WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 28 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:09 AM
4:09 AM
WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:25 PM
1:25 PM
WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Nov 10:12 until 17 Nov 10:22. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 15:29. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 15:29 until 11 Jan 17:27. . [BBC]
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Friday, 11 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
West Wycombe transmitter - West Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
West Wycombe transmitter - West Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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