Freeview Light on the Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, England) mast?
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 12:39 until 29 Mar 16:33. . 
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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 Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, 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 Winterbourne Steepleton 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 162m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 162m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 162m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, 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 Winterbourne Steepleton transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 82km east-northeast (73°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 92km east-northeast (77°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Winterbourne Steepleton (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| E | E | E | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C42 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C45 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C49tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 12W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.4W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:54 on 26 Aug to 18:06 on 26 Aug, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:35 on 25 Aug to 00:25 on 26 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:51 on 25 Aug to 00:25 on 26 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jan 08:53. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jan 08:53 until 15 Jan 11:51. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 04:37 until 16 Feb 05:06. . [BBC]
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Friday, 22 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 May 21:08 until 21 May 21:21. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:42 PM
7:42 PM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Nov 05:00 until 30 Nov 05:09. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 02:57. . [BBC]
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Friday, 31 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:07 AM
10:07 AM
WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Mar 12:39 until 29 Mar 16:33. . [BBC]
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