Freeview Light on the Newton (Northumberland, England) transmitter
Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 54.982,-1.945 or 54°58'56"N 1°56'43"W | NE43 7UH |
The symbol shows the location of the Newton (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 10,000 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.
_______
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 Newton (Northumberland, 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 Newton 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 | C21 (474.0MHz) | 211m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 211m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 211m | DTG- | 400W |
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 Newton (Northumberland, 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 Newton transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 21km east (94°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 17km east (96°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Newton (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
|
|
Monday, 14 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
11:21 AM
11:21 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:38 AM
12:38 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:29 AM
12:29 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Friday, 16 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:50 AM
12:50 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Monday, 27 October 2014
J
John3:45 PM
Hi, will Hexham area ever get full Freeview and DAB radio. Living round this area is lovely except this transmitter NEWTON.
link to this comment |
Dave Lindsay
4:02 PM
4:02 PM
John: No, not ever. You might like to consider Freesat, if you don't stand a chance of receiving all channels from Pontop Pike.
See:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters?
link to this comment |
K
KMJ,Derby5:56 PM
John: With regard to DAB radio, the Newton mast should have the BBC national DAB multiplex added in the near future. The local DAB plan does show Newton as one of a number of sites required to bring coverage of the Tyne & Wear 11C multiplex up to the current level of FM services from BBC Newcastle, Metro FM and other independant local/regional radio stations. The timescale for expanding the 11C coverage is unclear, there being no real hurry until such time that a DSO for radio is announced.
link to this comment |
Monday, 2 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
NEWTON transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please