Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Oxford 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Oxford transmitter?

BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south (183°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 May 2018 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | _local | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C51tv_off | LOX | LOX | |||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | |||
C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
C62 | SDN | ||||||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
Analogue 5 | (-11dB) 40kW | |
com8 | (-14.7dB) 17.1kW | |
com7 | (-14.8dB) 16.4kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LOX | (-17dB) 10kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-18dB) 8kW | |
Mux A*, Mux B* | (-19.2dB) 6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Oxford Freeview Oxford DAB Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Friday, 27 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 today to 15:03 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 yesterday to 15:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 on 27 May to 15:03 on 27 May. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:32 AM
8:32 AM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 on 27 May to 15:03 on 27 May. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 07:32 today, Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 07:32 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 07:32 today, Radio 2 FM Sound in Mono from 07:32 today, Radio 3 FM Off [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:31 AM
11:31 AM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 on 27 May to 15:03 on 27 May. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 07:32 today to 08:41 today, Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 07:32 today to 08:41 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 07:32 today to 08:41 today, Radio 2 FM S [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 on 27 May to 15:03 on 27 May. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 07:32 today to 08:41 today, Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 07:32 today to 08:41 today, Radio 2 FM Sound in Mono from 07:32 today to 08:41 today, Radio [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 June 2016
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Adrian Crafer9:21 AM
Are there any issues with Oxford today. Last night all muxs from 4 to 8 disappeared. 4 to 6 returned this morning. Currently LOX - C29; Com7 - C31; and Com8 - C37 are all missing on my TVs. As these are all low frequency transmissions this would mean it is not a 4G issue.
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Richard Cooper9:41 AM
Norwich
Adrian Crafer: Hi, Adrian. I have just checked and there are no faults or engineering work on Oxford today. Oxford still has high atmospheric pressure, 1023 millibars this morning, and so you may be experiencing the disruptive effects of high atmospheric pressure conditions on your television sets. Lower pressure weather systems have been forecast to be coming in by Saturday, and so your tv viewing will hopefully be back to normal by then. Don't do any full retunes, because your sets will 'forget' the details of the channels you were receiving ok before the high pressure set in! Richard, Norwich, Thursday, 9th. June at 09:40.
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Adrian Crafer10:06 AM
Richard Cooper: Thanks for the suggestion. I am sure somewhere in the past someone (possibly BBC Engineering) said that one of the virtues of Digital TV was that atmospherics would be a thing of the past!
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Richard Cooper12:42 PM
Norwich
Adrian Crafer: Hi Adrian. I don't dispute what may have been said prior to digital switchover, however, many of the posts on ukfree.tv this week have been testament to the fact that Freeview has been susceptible to atmospherics! Richard, Norwich. Apparently the atmospherics problems have peaked now and low pressure systems are on their way by Saturday, by which time normal reception should resume if the weather forecasters are correct! Richard, Norwich.
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