Freeview Light on the Alderney transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Alderney transmitter which serves 1,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Alderney 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 Alderney 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Alderney 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 | C49 (698.0MHz) | 97m | DTG- | 200W |
1 BBC One (SD) Channel Islands, 2 BBC Two Channel Islands, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C60- (785.8MHz) | 97m | DTG- | 200W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Channel), 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, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C55 (746.0MHz) | 97m | DTG- | 200W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Alderney 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Alderney transmitter?

BBC Channel Islands News 0.0m homes 0.2%
from St Helier JE2 3PL, 1,467km west-southwest (251°)
to BBC Channel Islands region - 8 masts.

ITV Channel News 0.0m homes 0.2%
from St Helier JE1 3ZD, 1,467km west-southwest (251°)
to ITV Channel region - 8 masts.
How will the Alderney transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C60tv_off | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C68 | 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 17 Nov 10 and 17 Nov 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 200W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Fremont Point transmitter area
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