Freeview Light on the Ireshopeburn (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ireshopeburn (County Durham, 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 Ireshopeburn (County Durham, 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 Ireshopeburn (County Durham, 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 Ireshopeburn 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 | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 433m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 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 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 433m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 433m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Ireshopeburn (County Durham, 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 Ireshopeburn transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 46km northeast (56°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 43km northeast (54°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Ireshopeburn (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C65 | 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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 11W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.2W |
Local transmitter maps
Ireshopeburn Freeview Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Thursday, 2 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 11:47. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 02:37 until 2 Dec 07:49. Off the air due to a fault from 30 Nov 02:56 until 30 Nov 13:20. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 20:15 until 30 Nov 02:56. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:13 PM
6:13 PM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 11:47 until 2 Dec 11:51. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 02:37 until 2 Dec 07:49. Off the air due to a fault from 30 Nov 02:56 until 30 Nov 13:20. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 20:15 until [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:13 PM
9:13 PM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Dec 16:15. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 11:47 until 2 Dec 11:51. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 02:37 until 2 Dec 07:49. Off the air due to a fault from 30 Nov 02:56 until 30 Nov 13:20. Off [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Dec 16:15. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 11:47 until 2 Dec 11:51. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 02:37 until 2 Dec 07:49. Off the air due to a fault from 30 Nov 02:56 until 30 Nov 13:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:10 PM
12:10 PM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Dec 16:15 until 5 Dec 09:13. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 11:47 until 2 Dec 11:51. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 02:37 until 2 Dec 07:49. Off the air due to a fault from 30 Nov 02:56 until 3 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:13 PM
6:13 PM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Dec 16:15 until 5 Dec 09:13. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 11:47 until 2 Dec 11:51. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Dec 02:37 until 2 Dec 07:49. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Dec 11:55 until 29 Dec 12:00. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Jan 09:06 until 25 Jan 09:14. . [BBC]
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Friday, 10 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
IRESHOPEBURN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Mar 22:09 until 6 Mar 22:14. . [BBC]
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