The symbol shows the location of theDonhead (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves600 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong,dark green areas are poorer signals. Thoseparts 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 Donhead (Dorset, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex■ List by channel number■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Donhead transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow thisFreeview 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	Vmax	C44 (658.0MHz)	187m	DTG-	6W
	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, plus 17 others601 BBC RB 1,700 BBC Radio 1,701 BBC Radio 1Xtra,702 BBC Radio 2,703 BBC Radio 3,704 BBC Radio 4 (FM),705 BBC Radio 5 Live,706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra,707 BBC Radio 6 Music,708 BBC Radio 4 Extra,709 BBC Asian Network,710 BBC World Service,711 BBC Berkshire(BBC local radio),712 BBC Sussex(BBC local radio),713 BBC Wiltshire(BBC local radio),714 BBC Solent(BBC local radio),715 BBC Solent for Dorset(BBC local radio),
PSB2 D3+4	Vmax	C41 (634.0MHz)	187m	DTG-	6W
	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 +1South ads,18 More4,26 ITV4,28 ITVBe,30 E4 +1,35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),71 That's TV 3,
PSB3 BBCB	Vmax	C47 (682.0MHz)	187m	DTG-	6W
	46 5SELECT,57 U&Eden,101 BBC One HD South,102 BBC Two HD England,103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton),104 Channel 4 HDSouth ads,105 Channel 5 HD,106 BBC Four HD,107 BBC Three HD,203 CBBC HD,204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?

TheDonhead (Dorset, England) mast is apublic service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide thesecommercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, U&Drama 1, U&W.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see thewill there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Donhead transmitter?

BBC South Today 1.3m homes4.9%
fromSouthampton SO14 7PU, 52km east (101°)
toBBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes3.6%
fromWhiteley PO15 7AD, 64km east-southeast (102°)
toITV 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 Donhead (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	31 Mar 2018-
	BET	BET	BET	BEKT	BEKT
C41	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C44	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C47	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C51_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 -more
Table shows multiplexes namessee this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes:+ and- denote 166kHz offset;aerial group are shown asABC/DEKWT
_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	29W
BBCA,D3+4,BBCB	(-7dB) 5.8W

Local transmitter maps

Donhead Freeview Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)

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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Donhead 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.