Freeview Light on the Bucknell (Shropshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bucknell (Shropshire, 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 Bucknell (Shropshire, 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 Bucknell (Shropshire, 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, 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 Bucknell 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 199m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 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 18 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 199m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 199m | DTG- | 2W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 Bucknell (Shropshire, 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, 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 Bucknell transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 72km east (79°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 72km east (79°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bucknell (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:09 PM
3:09 PM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 today to 11:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 today to 11:37 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 yesterday to 11:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 yesterday to 11:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 on 24 Oct to 11:37 on 24 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:03 on 24 Oct to 11:37 on 24 Oct. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 today to 16:15 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 today to 16:15 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 yesterday to 16:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 yesterday to 16:15 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 on 03 Nov to 16:15 on 03 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:28 on 03 Nov to 16:15 on 03 Nov. [BBC]
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Saturday, 20 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:03 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:03 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:05 AM
12:05 AM
BUCKNELL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:03 today to 20:38 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:03 today to 20:38 today. [BBC]
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