Freeview Light on the Crockerton (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crockerton (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,100 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 Crockerton (Wiltshire, England) transmitter._______
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 Crockerton (Wiltshire, 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 Crockerton 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 200m | DTG- | 11W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 200m | DTG- | 11W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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 (West), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 200m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 Crockerton (Wiltshire, 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 Crockerton transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 43km northwest (316°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 39km northwest (318°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Crockerton (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | A K T | |||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | |||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C43 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C46 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 64W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.6dB) 11W |
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Sunday, 15 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:07 today to 06:28 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 16 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:07 yesterday to 06:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:07 on 15 Sep to 06:28 on 15 Sep. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
5:00 AM
5:00 AM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 11:02 until 8 Jan 11:48. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 9 Aug 04:12 until 9 Aug 04:30. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jun 21:25 until 16 Jun 21:27. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Jun 19:20 until 17 Jun 19:27. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jun 21:25 until 16 Jun 21:27. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Jun 19:20 until 17 Jun 19:27. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 6 Jul 10:21 until 6 Jul 11:51. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CROCKERTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Aug 11:26 until 20 Aug 13:30. . [BBC]
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