Freeview Light on the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter. 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 Lowestoft (Suffolk, 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 Lowestoft (Suffolk, 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 Lowestoft 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 | C32- (561.8MHz) | 51m | DTG- | 400W |
1 BBC One (SD) East, 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 | V max | C35- (585.8MHz) | 51m | DTG- | 400W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East 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 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 51m | DTG- | 400W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 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 Lowestoft (Suffolk, 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 Lowestoft transmitter?

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 35km west-northwest (295°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output

ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 34km west-northwest (296°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Feb 2018 | |||||
A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C56tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C58tv_off | -BBCA | ||||||||
C60tv_off | -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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 400W |
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Monday, 21 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 23:11. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 21:51 until 15 Sep 23:00. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 00:32 until 15 Sep 0 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 23:11 until 21 Sep 10:58. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 21:51 until 15 Sep 23:00. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 0 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 23:11 until 21 Sep 10:58. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 21:51 until 15 Sep 23:00. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 23:11 until 21 Sep 10:58. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 09:56 until 21 Sep 10:58. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 06:22 until 21 Sep 06:39. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 0 [BBC]
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Friday, 2 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 06:22 until 21 Sep 06:39. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 01:43 until 21 Sep 03:58. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:23 AM
5:23 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Sep 04:57. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Sep 01:57 until 6 Sep 02:25. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:23 AM
8:23 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Sep 04:57 until 6 Sep 05:07. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Sep 01:57 until 6 Sep 02:25. . [BBC]
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