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The symbol shows the location of the Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Widecombe In The Moor 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
C33 (570.0MHz)336mDTG-2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C36 (594.0MHz)336mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 (West Country),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C48 (690.0MHz)336mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, 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 Widecombe In The Moor transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 30km southwest (231°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 25km southwest (221°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

How will the Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1310 Apr 2019
B E TB E TB E TC/D E TK T
C33BBCA
C36D3+4
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C48BBCBBBCB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C52tv_offBBCA
C56tv_off 

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 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 10W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry 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. Widecombe In The Moor 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.

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Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:55 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 on 31 Oct to 15:17 on 31 Oct [BBC]

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Saturday, 26 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
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10:54 PM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:08 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:08 today [BBC]

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Sunday, 27 November 2011
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4:33 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:08 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:08 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday [BBC]

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Monday, 28 November 2011
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4:29 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:08 on 26 Nov to 23:45 on 26 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:08 on 26 Nov to 23:45 on 26 Nov [BBC]

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Saturday, 25 February 2012
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9:34 PM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:01 today [BBC]

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10:32 PM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:01 today to 21:41 today [BBC]

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Sunday, 26 February 2012
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4:32 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:01 yesterday to 21:41 yesterday [BBC]

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Monday, 27 February 2012
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5:28 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:01 on 25 Feb to 21:41 on 25 Feb [BBC]

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Monday, 12 May 2014
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11:41 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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Monday, 9 June 2014
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11:09 AM

WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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