Freeview Light on the Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,600 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 Alexandra Palace (Greater London, 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 Alexandra Palace (Greater London, 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 Alexandra Palace 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 | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 70W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 70W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 70W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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 Alexandra Palace (Greater London, 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 Alexandra Palace transmitter?

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 8km south (170°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 24 Jul 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C31 | BBCA | ||||||||
C32 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 70W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-0.3dB) 65W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:03 yesterday to 10:09 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:03 yesterday to 10:09 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Alexandra Palace relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Friday, 1 July 2011
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:03 on 29 Jun to 10:09 on 29 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:03 on 29 Jun to 10:09 on 29 Jun [BBC] Over the next week Alexandra Palace relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 19 September 2011
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Over the next week Alexandra Palace relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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jane2:04 PM
London
I live in London N6 and had a notice to retune this morning.
I've retuned and now have virtually no signal on Ch 22
I've turned off equipment and removed the ariel - still not working
HELP
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
jane: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - I note, however, you are in a "variable reception" area for that signal.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - 22 September 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 Alexandra Palace relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday [BBC]
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ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 03:20 today to 03:34 today BBC ONE Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 03:20 today to 03:34 today BBC TWO Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday [BBC]
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ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 03:20 today to 03:34 today BBC ONE Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 03:20 today to 03:34 today [BBC]
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ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 03:20 today to 03:34 today BBC TWO Off Air from 22:35 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 03:20 today to 03:34 today [BBC]
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