Freeview Light on the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) mast?
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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 Charlbury (Oxfordshire, 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 Charlbury 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 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 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
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 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 Charlbury (Oxfordshire, 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 Charlbury transmitter?

BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 19km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 112km south (170°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Charlbury (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 23 May 2018 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 53W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.2dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Charlbury Freeview Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Graham Chamberlain
5:13 PM
Chipping Norton
5:13 PM
Chipping Norton
We currently have no reception from Channel 44 (BBC1,2 etc) although we did have reception last weekend. Neigbours have had similar ocasional signal loss. Aerial is on roof; have run reset and have no channels on ch44.
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Graham Chamberlain: Is there a tree (or trees) between you and the transmitter?
If you go to the manual tuning screen and enter/select C44, but do not press the button to scan, see if it gives an indication as to the strength and quality on that channel. Some receivers give more away than others, so it might be worth looking at them all.
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Graham Chamberlain
7:13 PM
Chipping Norton
7:13 PM
Chipping Norton
Strength is 10, but Quality is zero
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Graham Chamberlain: In which case, perhaps it is interference from Hannington which uses the same three channels, albeit horizontally.
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Graham Chamberlain
11:24 AM
Chipping Norton
11:24 AM
Chipping Norton
Now C44 is strength and quality =10, but for how long? Many locals experience this on/off problem. How can I escalate the problem? It's 3rd world reception out here!
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Graham Chamberlain: I suggest that you speak to BBC Engineering on 0370 010 0123 and explain the issue, including that it affects others.
I reserve judgement on how successful I think you might be(!)
That said, the BBC is Public Service Broadcaster so may have obligations to sort out issues, although I'm not sure what it could do, apart from change the channel, if one is available. That then begs the question as to whether the other two channels should be changed for the same reason.
Looking at the projected coverage map of Hannington on this site I think that it is a likely cause.
Please keep us posted on how you get on.
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Monday, 14 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
11:21 AM
11:21 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
11:24 AM
11:24 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:13 today to 09:29 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:13 today to 09:29 today. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:27 AM
1:27 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:13 yesterday to 09:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:13 yesterday to 09:29 yesterday. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 17 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 AM
1:31 AM
CHARLBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:13 on 15 Apr to 09:29 on 15 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:13 on 15 Apr to 09:29 on 15 Apr. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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