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The symbol shows the location of the Wooler (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Wooler (Northumberland, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Wooler 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
C28 (530.0MHz)162mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C25 (506.0MHz)162mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)162mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Wooler (Northumberland, 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 Wooler transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 69km south-southeast (157°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 68km south-southeast (161°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Wooler (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1331 Dec 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 10W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Chatton transmitter area

Jan 1959-Feb 2004Tyne Tees 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. Wooler 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.

Comments
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:58 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 yesterday to 17:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 yesterday to 17:45 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Thursday, 27 October 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:44 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 on 25 Oct to 17:45 on 25 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 on 25 Oct to 17:45 on 25 Oct [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Monday, 7 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
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10:26 AM

WOOLER transmitter - 7 November 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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4:32 PM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 today to 14:30 today BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:45 today to 14:30 today [BBC] 7 November 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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4:29 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:45 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday [BBC] 7 November 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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10:29 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:45 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 07 Nov to 14:30 on 07 Nov BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:45 on 07 Nov to 14:30 on 07 Nov [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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11:43 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 10:00 on 02 Dec to 12:00 on 02 Dec BBC TWO Off Air from 10:00 on 02 Dec to 12:00 on 02 Dec [BBC]

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Monday, 29 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
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10:32 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
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4:32 AM

WOOLER transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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