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The symbol shows the location of the Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) mast?

Norwich Central transmitter - Norwich Central transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Norwich Central 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Norwich Central transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 2km south-southwest (213°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
regional news image
ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 1km south-southwest (199°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-136 Jun 2018
B E TW TW TB E TA K T
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C33C5wavesC5waves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C43D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C46BBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C52tv_offBBCB

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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5 34W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 6.8W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Norwich Central was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Saturday, 23 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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2:32 PM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Sunday, 24 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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11:32 AM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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8:32 PM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 today to 17:55 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 today to 17:55 today, HD Digital [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Monday, 25 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 yesterday to 17:55 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 o [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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8:32 AM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 yesterday to 17:55 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 o [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Alistair Mackie
9:59 AM

Freeview HD channels are not available from Norwich Central transmitter - is this a result of recent problems caused by the fire and subsequent switching off of electric supply to it?

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Transmitter engineering
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11:32 AM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 yesterday to 17:55 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 yesterday to 17:55 y [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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5:32 PM

NORWICH CENTRAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:53 yesterday to 17:55 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 on 21 Jul to 13:55 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:56 on 22 Jul to 00:55 y [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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