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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Monday, 26 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:55 today to 09:01 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:12 on 24 Aug to 08:36 on 24 Aug. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:02 today to 03:15 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:33 today to 01:49 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:12 on 24 Aug to 08:36 on 24 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:55 yesterd [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:12 on 24 Aug to 08:36 on 24 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:55 on 26 Aug to 09:01 on 26 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:33 yesterday to 01:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality fr [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:02 yesterday to 03:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:33 yesterday to 01:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:55 on 26 Aug to 09:01 on 26 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality fr [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:02 yesterday to 03:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:33 yesterday to 01:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:12 on 24 Aug to 08:36 on 24 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality fr [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:02 on 27 Aug to 03:15 on 27 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:33 on 27 Aug to 01:49 on 27 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:55 on 26 Aug to 09:01 on 26 Aug. [BBC]
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Saturday, 31 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:02 on 27 Aug to 03:15 on 27 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:33 on 27 Aug to 01:49 on 27 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:42 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:42 today to 10:06 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:42 today to 10:06 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:42 yesterday to 10:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:42 yesterday to 10:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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