Freeview Light on the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Coniston (Cumbria, 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 Coniston (Cumbria, 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 Coniston 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 306m | DTG- | 18W |
1 BBC One (SD) North West, 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 306m | DTG- | 18W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 306m | DTG- | 18W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Coniston (Cumbria, 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 Coniston transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 110km south-southeast (154°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 59km north (9°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C31 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 90W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 18W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:24 AM
4:24 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 on 09 Feb to 13:09 on 09 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 on 09 Feb to 13:09 on 09 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:36 AM
10:36 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:42 AM
11:42 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 today to 13:33 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 today to 13:33 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 AM
1:31 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 yesterday to 13:33 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 yesterday to 13:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:29 AM
1:29 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 on 16 Apr to 13:33 on 16 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:14 on 16 Apr to 13:33 on 16 Apr. [BBC]
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Thursday, 15 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
9:40 AM
9:40 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 02:54 today to 03:31 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:49 AM
1:49 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 02:54 yesterday to 03:31 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:48 AM
1:48 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 02:54 on 15 May to 03:31 on 15 May. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:08 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:08 today. [BBC]
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