Freeview Light on the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Romaldkirk (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.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Romaldkirk 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 380m | DTG-3 | 12W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 380m | DTG-3 | 12W |
 3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (Tyne Tees), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 380m | DTG-6 | 12W |
 72 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Romaldkirk transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 50km north-northeast (33°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 47km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 58W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 12W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 5 September 2011
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Over the next week Romaldkirk relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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ROMALDKIRK transmitter - 5 September 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Romaldkirk relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 today [BBC]
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ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 today to 14:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 today to 14:17 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 yesterday to 14:17 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 yesterday to 14:17 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 6 October 2011
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 on 04 Oct to 14:17 on 04 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:25 on 04 Oct to 14:17 on 04 Oct [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 09:00 yesterday to 16:30 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 09:00 yesterday to 16:30 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 09:00 on 03 Apr to 16:30 on 03 Apr BBC TWO Off Air from 09:00 on 03 Apr to 16:30 on 03 Apr [BBC]
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Monday, 16 April 2012
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:00 on 14 Apr to 20:20 on 14 Apr BBC TWO Off Air from 18:00 on 14 Apr to 20:20 on 14 Apr [BBC]
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012
ROMALDKIRK transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 19:58 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 19:58 yesterday [BBC]
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