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The symbol shows the location of the Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, 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 Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Winterbourne Steepleton 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
C39 (618.0MHz)162mDTG-2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South, 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
C45 (666.0MHz)162mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)162mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, 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 Winterbourne Steepleton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 82km east-northeast (73°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 93km east-northeast (77°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

How will the Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1331 Mar 2018-
EEEB E K TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C42BBCBBBCB
C45ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C49tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C66C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 12W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2.4W

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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
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. Winterbourne Steepleton 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
Thursday, 29 August 2019
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5:09 AM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:54 on 26 Aug to 18:06 on 26 Aug, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:35 on 25 Aug to 00:25 on 26 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:51 on 25 Aug to 00:25 on 26 Aug. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
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10:47 AM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jan 08:53. . [BBC]

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1:48 PM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jan 08:53 until 15 Jan 11:51. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 16 February 2020
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10:29 PM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 04:37 until 16 Feb 05:06. . [BBC]

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Friday, 22 May 2020
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10:28 PM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 May 21:08 until 21 May 21:21. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
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7:42 PM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Nov 05:00 until 30 Nov 05:09. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 23 November 2021
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6:09 AM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 02:57. . [BBC]

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Friday, 31 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
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10:07 AM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 12:39 until 29 Mar 16:33. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 14 May 2023
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10:09 AM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 May 07:51 until 14 May 08:05. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 14 June 2023
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4:09 AM

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Jun 03:55. . [BBC]

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