Freeview Light on the Wooler (Northumberland, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wooler (Northumberland, 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 Wooler (Northumberland, 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 Wooler (Northumberland, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 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, 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, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, 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 Wooler 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 162m | DTG-3 | 2W |
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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 162m | DTG-3 | 2W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (Tyne Tees), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 162m | DTG-6 | 2W |
73 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 Wooler (Northumberland, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 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, 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, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, 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 Wooler transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 69km south-southeast (157°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 68km south-southeast (161°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Wooler (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 10W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Chatton transmitter area
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Monday, 3 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Short Service Breaks, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Thursday, 6 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 today to 10:42 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 today to 09:33 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 today to 10:42 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 today to 09:33 today [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Short Service Breaks, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Friday, 7 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 yesterday to 10:42 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 yesterday to 09:33 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 yesterday to 10:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 yesterda [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Short Service Breaks, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Saturday, 8 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 on 06 Oct to 10:42 on 06 Oct BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 06 Oct to 09:33 on 06 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 on 06 Oct to 10:42 on 06 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 06 Oc [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Short Service Breaks, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Monday, 10 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 on 06 Oct to 10:42 on 06 Oct BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 06 Oct to 09:33 on 06 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 on 06 Oct to 10:42 on 06 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 06 Oc [BBC]
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WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 on 06 Oct to 10:42 on 06 Oct BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 06 Oct to 09:33 on 06 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 06 Oct to 09:33 on 06 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:40 on 06 Oc [BBC]
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Monday, 24 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - 25 October 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 Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 today to 17:45 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 today to 17:45 today [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
WOOLER transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 yesterday to 17:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:28 yesterday to 17:45 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Wooler relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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